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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-13
WOMAN SERIOUSLY HURT
DRAGGED BY A MULE
Mrs. Nettie TiInmins Becomes En-
tangled in Rope When Mule
Begins to Run.

Mrs. Nettie Timmins, who resides
on kaufman street. was seriously in
jured at her home late Thursday af-
ternoon while assisting in treating a
mule that was suffering from an at
tack of tetanus. While DR.. Barnes
vas administering treatment Mrs.
Flmmins volunteered to hold the
rope for her son, Frank, in order
that he might render some other as
sistance to the veterinary surgeon
Some of the rope WAS coiled on the
ground and from some unknown
cause the mule suddenly wheeled
around and started to run. Mrs.
Timmins became entangled in the
rope, was jerked down and dragged
across the lot by the mule. That she
was not killed seems little short
of miraculous. Besides receiving
frightful bruises and cuts on the
body and lower limbs both bones in
the lower part of the left arm were
broken. She was at once taken into
the house and Drs. Boyd and Cheat
am summoned to render medical
and surgical treatment.
The wounds were given prompt
attention but because of their pain
full nature Mrs. Timmins did not res
very well during the night She WIS
still experiencing considerable suf-
fering Friday morning, but after she
RECEIVERS some from the nevous
shock an immediate improvement in
her condition is anticipated
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POPULAR COLORED people,
UNITED IN MARRIAGE
.ichard FIio and Mrs. Effie Gibbons
the Contracting Parties.

dtC
Two popular young representa-
tives of the oolered race in WaXaha-
chic, Richard Frio and Mrs, Effia
Gibbons, we're united in marriage Ell
the Samaria Baptist church in this
fity Thursday night. The ceremony
was performed by Rev, Wesley III
the presence of q large company or
relatives and friends of the contract
parties. A number OF white peo-
pie were in attendance and chairs
were especially reserved for theA,
The church was attractiyely decor
ated for the occasion, the color
scheme being carried out in pink
and white. The pulpit was adorned
with pots Of ferns and palms. TIL.
two aisles were covered with domes-
tic and large space in front of the
pulpit was covered with the same
material Pink and white ribbons
were used as steamers from each
entrance to the pulpit where they
were tied to arches through which
the bride and groom were TO pass
II the first sounds of the wedding
march the bridesmaids, attired in
pink, entered at opposite doors and
proceeded down the aisles to the
pulpit. Next came the groomsmen
and then followed a little boy bear
tray These were followed by two
little girls with baskets of rice which
was irewn in the aisles. The maid Of
honor then proceeded down one aisle
to station on the pulpit and she
was followed by the bride who walk
ed alone, Down the opposite aisle
walked the groom and his best man
Passing through the decorated ar
ches on the pulpit the groom and
bride took their position under =
large wedding bell in pink ard
white They faced the audience
while the minister said the words
that joined them in the bonds Of
wedlock. The maid of honor and
bride wore white and carried boquets
At the conclusion of the ceremony
the bridal party and friends repair
ed to the Odd Fellows hall where a
reception followed.
The bride and groom were raised
| in Waxahachie and are highly es-
| teemed by the members of their race
The groom worked for the VIII
| Moore Hardware Co. for the past
years. He is looked upon as being
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Earnest Workerso Program.

Subject: Africa Leader, Daisy
West
Answer to roll call With Bible
verse.
Song
Tell OF some important mission
airy and his work in Africa. Creigh-
ton Buie.
Life of Lapsley, Ruth Cooper
Vocal Solo-Margaret White.
Work with the children, Guinetta
Mcintosh.
Song.
Mizpah. Benedicition,
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Read the Daily Light Want ad
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After exposure and when you feel
cold coming on, take Foley's Hon
ey and Tar Compound 1t checks ana
relieves. Use no substitute. The gem
| uine in a yellow package always For
sale by Curlin's Two DruE Stores
t0surlin Drug Co, N. side Square
A Curlin's Pharmacy, w. Side So. DE-
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A Medicine that Gives Confidence.

Is Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound. Mrs, T. J. Adams, 522 No.
Kansas Ave, Columbus, Kas,, writes:
For number of years my children
have been subject to coughs and
colds. | used Foley's Honey and Tar
compound and found that 1t cured
their coughs and colds, SO | keep 1t
in the house all the time" Refuse
substitutes. For sale by Curlin's Two
Drug Stores Curtin Drug Co., n.
Side So. Curlin's Pharmacy, w. Side
Square DIV
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Take Your Common Colds Seriously
Common colds, severe and fire.
quent, lay the foundation Of chronic
diseased conditions of the nose and
throat, and may develop into bron-
chitis, pneumonia, and consumption
and In grown persons, take Foley s
Honey and Tar Compound promptly.
For sale by Curlin's Two Drug
Stores Curtin Drug Co, N. Side So
Curlin's Pharmacy, w. Side Square
d&w
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Garden hose at F. s. Cronk Co.
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TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

Our Ice wagons will make no more
Sunday deliveries in the residence
sections this season. Please be gov
crned accordingly and get your ice
for Sunday on Saturday mornings
delivery. Modern Milling & Manu-
featuring Co. 16'
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Real Estate Transfers.

j. G. Cornwell ct al to r. H.
Thompson. lot in Waxahachte; ST.
600
j. G. Cornwen ct al to r. H.
Thompson, lot In Waxahachie; 81,
| 600
4 John M. Harrison TO j. Henry Mi'
Ter, 1914 acres out OF the M ~ w
( hcrty survey; 81 900
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Licensed to Wed.

: Demps Foster and Nola Eta Cobb
T. A. Ray and Josie Mitchell.
j. F. Brown and Ora Parks.
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Come and Mr.. Carroll abo u
the free trip to Florida and return
Call at Rogers hotel. GAL
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There is lots in knowing your
shoes Are rt&ht---riKht fit and ~eAr
/ riEht--Crow's do. 1874
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-16
NO BUSINESS MAN EVER
MADE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

With the announcement last week
by the head of one of the largest in
dustrial organizations in America that
it was his belief that the United
States should have for a President
man skilled in the world of business
a man such as Marshall Field, comes
recognition of the fact that never in
the history of this country has there
been a merchant occupying the seat
of honor in the White House Bust.
ness confidence would be established
and industrial activity strengthened
were such a man placed at the head
of the Nation, is the contention of the
modern industrial captain.
In view Of the fact that in a little
more than 100 years the United States
has made greater industrial strides
than any other country in the world,
it is astonishing to know that through
out that time men furthest removed
from business activity have led the
ruling governmental parties.
Lawyers, soldiers, two farmers and a
tailor complete the gamut of vooation5
of American Presidents. Roosevelt is
the only exception. His vocation is
given as that of "offce-holder," and
prior to the time he assumed his first
official position it is set down as that
of "publicist."
To the man, who was a tailor before
he became a statesman came trial for
Impeachment while he was chief exec
utive of the Nation. One other beside
Andrew Johnson was a tailor before
he became a recipient Of political hon
or. He was Willard Fillmore, but at
the time of his election to the Presi-
dency he had entered the practice of
law.
OF the twenty-seven American Presi-
dents, twenty-one were or had been
lawyers before going to the White
House. Easily explained, perhaps, in
that the choice of the people to repre-.
sent them in government should fall
upon men familiar with law
OF the two American war Presidents,
Zachary Taylor was the choice of the
Wing party when the smoke of the
Mexican war of expansion" was still
pungent to the senses of the growing
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-16

United States Grants election came
in 1868, while he was the idol of the
North.
William Henry Harrison was elected
in 1910 while he was following the pro.
fession Of farming in Ohio. He was
born in Virginia, and was graduated
from Hampden-Sydney College at
Hampden-Sydney Va Washington
vocation also is given as that of a
farmer or planter, but that he was .
soldier and a statesman as we'll, his.
tory leaves no grounds for doubt
OF the twenty-seven Presidents,
eighteen were educated in colleges or
at the United States Military Acad-
envy. Washington, Jackson. Van Bur
en-, Taylor, Fillmore. Lincoln, Johnson
and Mckinley were not blessed, or, as
Mr.. Crane of Chicago might say, dis
graced by an academic degree.
All the prominently mentioned pros.
pective candidates who already are be-
ginning to clutter the political field
for the 1912 Presidential election are
lawyers.
Judson Harmon was graduated from
Denison University and the Cincinnati
Law School. Woodrow Wilson was
graduated from Princeton and later
was admitted to the practice of law
but aside from a few months when he
practiced the profession at Atlanta,
Ga, in 1882 and 1888, he has been en-.
gagged in educational work. Robert NJ
La Toilette was graduated from the
University of Wisconsin and admitted
to the bar in 1880. Champ Clark of
Bowling Green, Mo, was graduated
from Kentucky University and the
Cincinnati Law School Oscar W. Tn
derwood. the Democratic minority
leader, was graduated from the Uni
versity of Virginia and was admitted
to the practice of law in Birmingham.
Ala. in 1884. William ]. Bryan was
graduated from Illinois College and
was valedictorian of his class. He
was admitted to the Illinois bar in
1888.
President Taft was graduated from
Yale in 1878 and stood second in a
class of l21. He was graduated from
the Cincinnati Law School in 1880.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-16
HALL AND CHURCHES FOR COURTING

CHICAGO, December 5.--Lady Ten
nessee Clafin Cook has become the
champion of Chicago lovers, and would
introduce a system in the churches
whereby young men and women would
be enabled to abandon the street cor,
ner as the place of meeting and court.
ing, out of sight of unsympathetic
parents. She would furnish halls and
churches where they might carry on
their love-making unmolested, but
under the supervision of not only the
church, but also of the state.
Lady Cook at heart is a matchmat-
err, and says she is proud of it. She
declares the reason for so many un-
happy marriages is that the young
men and women have no real chance
to become well acquainted before
matrimony.
In her apartments at the Congress
hotel, surrounded with flowers, books
and candy, tributes from her Chicago
admirers, Lady Cook told her views
on lOve-making.
yes, | am matchmaker. Why
not? | am proud to be one. There
is no better work that a person can do
than to start the boys and girls on the
right path to a happy marriage. What
| would do is to open the churches
which lie idle all week and there al
low the young people to meet. They
could be furnished with innocent
amusements.
would it not be better for these
young men and girls to meet in a
holy place and become acquainted
than to be forced to use the street
corner as a meeting place? Boys
could come from the streets and meet
girls swho otherwise would be forced
to stay at home.
Some people say that the sexes
should be kept apart say that it is
natural for boys and girls to grow W
AbbNNhtl " IAA man anu NbLllallLOOhs
and that this plan will aid in their
doing so.
AT these meetings there should be
present some older person-he may
be a minister or not-who will super
wise the whole plan. If this idea were
followed allowing the boys and girls
to really know eachoth er, great good
would be accomplished, l am sure"
Lady Cook, formerly Tennessee
Clafiin, was one of the most famous
beauties in this country and among
the first to marry foreign title. In
her youth she was the sensation of
society in the east on account of her
remarkable beauty, He hand was
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-16
NON-TIPPING HOTEL

LONDON, December 5,--When Sir
Joe Lyons, England's newest knight,
opened a big hotel on The Strand
about eighteen months ago and an
nounced that there would be no tips In
the new hostelry most old Londoners
laughed They predicted that within
a year either the servants would be
accepting tips in the time honored
way or the hotel would be closed.
Neither has happened. The hotel
has not closed and the no-tipping sys-
TEN has proven such a success that
the directors are going to build the
biggest hotel in England and probably
in the world, where the same system
will be practiCed. 1t will contain 1000
bedrooms, and its total dimensions
will be over 10000 cubic feet 1t will
have large roof garden-an innova-
ton in English hotels-fne smoking
and billiard rooms, libraries, and, in
fact every modern convenience.
What the exterior of the building is
to look like has not been quite de-
cided, but from hint dropped by Mr.
Salmon, it may be assumed that it
will be distinctly impressive in APP
pearance.
The site intended for the hotel is
the old world neighborhood which lies
behind Regent street and Piccadilly
circus. II is within few seconds
walk of each, yet quieter or more
easily gettable spot could harly be
imagined, A number Of very interest
ing Old buildings wilt have to be
demolished to make room for the no
tel, and a whole block of houses will
have to come down. In one of the
streets which are going, the under
taker who made Nelson's Aboukir
coffin had his shop, and a number OF
other venerable old business places
will disappear. The cost of the site
has probably been high, as a great
many leases must have been bought
up.
The rates at the new hotel will be
six shillings a night ($1.5O).
asked about the success of the
no-tipping system.
"The system has been a complete
success" said one of the directors.
How do the public fall in with the
regulations | asked DO they ever
attempt to evade them?"
They do occasionally" he replied.
But it's only occasionally. AS a rule
they fall in with the system at once
and you find the servants just as
ready to oblige as when they had
to depend on tips?'
quite" was the onswer.
The servants themselves seem to
consider the system a success from
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late Emperor Kwankhsu and the re-
former Kang Yuwei. Yuan had the
trust and confidence of both, and at u
critical moment turned traitor, wits.
pered of plots to the Empress Dowa-
ger Tzu Hsi, brought wealth and pre-
ferment to himself but set back the
cause Of reform in China a decade In
the present revolutionary situation,
the Manchu dynasty appears to hang
all it's hopes upon Yuan, but who
knows when he will nos repeat IDS ia
vorite trick? He is reported to be hes
itating now whether or not to accept
the offered premiership of China.
There is a little cause ror wonder. he
is not a man to move until he sees
which side is to win. When he sees,
he moves unscrupulously.
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southern provinces, which she wished
to allay, as far as possible, by avoid
ing any overt measures of usurpatiOn
until her preparations were made. On
the LIST of the Sth Moon, the Emperor
who was then in residence at the Sum
mer Palace, received in audience Yuan
Shih-kai, the Judicial Commissioner Of
Chilli, and discussed with him at great
length the political needs of the En-
pire. Yuan (then in his fortieth year,
had owed his rapid advancement to the
protection of the great Viceroy III
Hung chang
AS a result of this audience the En-
peror was completely won over by
Yuan's protested interest in the cause
of reform, and was convinced that in
him he had secured a powerful sup
porter. His Majesty had already real
lied that he must now reckon with
Tzu Hsi's uncompromising opposition;
quite recently she had severely re,
buked him for even noticing K'ang
Yu-weis suggestion that he should
act more on his own authority. Jung
Lu, he knew, would always Loyalty
support his Imperial mistress: and
there was not one prominent Manchu
in the Empire, and, as far as Picking
was concerned, hardly a Chinese, who
uld dare to oppose ner, if once she
declared herself actively on the side
or reaction. The only two high Off,
Gals in Picking on whom he could con
fidently reckon for sympathy and sup.
port were the Cantonese Chang Yin.
huan, and Ii Tuan-fen, a native of
KueichOu. But if he could obtain con
troll of the Northern foreign-drilled
army, the reactionary party might yet
be overthrow. To secure this end It
was essential that Jung Lu, the Gov
ernor-General Of Chihili and Command
erin-Chief of the foreign-drilled forces.
should be put out of the way, and
this, before the Empress could be
warned of the plot, The Emperor
therefore proposed to have Jung Lu
put to death in his Yamen at Tentsin,
and then swiftly to bring force of
10000 of his disciplined troops to the
capital, who would confne the EN-
press Dowager to the Summer Palace.
At the same time the most prominent
reactionaries in Picking. l. e., Kang vi,
Yu Lu, Huai Ia Pu and Hsu Wing
ku'ei were to be sliced at their resi-
dences and hurried off to the prison
of the Board Of Punishments This
was the scheme suggested bv Kiang
Yu-wei the Censor Yang Shen-hsIu,
Continued on pjage 32)
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THE RICHELIEU OF China.
Leading Episodes in the Life of the Premier of the Mongo
Empire Yuan Shih Kai.

No sketch of the life of Yuan would
be complete without the story of his
part in the sc-called coup detat of
1898. This story is told in the work,
China Under the Empress Dowager.'
by }. o. Bland and Il. Blacknouse, in
part as follows: In August, 1895
at the end of the 18th Moon--the posi-
ton of affairs in the Palace Cknown
only to a few was that the Empress
Dowager had been won over to the re-
dictionary party; she was postponing
decisive step, however, until she and
the Emperor made their proposed visit
to Tentsin in the 9th Moon. 1t was
her intention there to confer with Jung
Lu before resuming the Regency, be-
cause of the unmistakable hostility
toward her then prevailing in the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-16
"MANANA."

In describing the daily life of a GER
tain distinguished citizen of the re-
public, a writer in the Review of Re,
views gives, by way of contrast, the
story that follows:
This calls to mind the English hui
morous writer who sketched out his
daily programme as follows Rise at
noon; breakfast at L. a stroll to the
club; attention to mail; some after-
noon calls; a ride in the park; dinner;
a round of evening parties, and then
to bed.
But when do you do your literary
work?' he was asked.
why, the next day. Of course" was
the reply,
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YUAN s4IH-kAI.


The war with Japan convinced him
that an army not trained and armed
on European lines was worse than
useless. Very soon he had 5000 we'll
disciplined and well-armed men under
his command near Tientsin. His lis.
cipline was severe, ana marked
amongst other features by the prohiEi,
ton of opium, but he paid regularly
and treated his men Wen, ana was able
to recruit them from respectable
homes. 1t is from the military schools
which he established that most of y q
native military instructors have gone
out.
In 1899 Yuan Shih-AHi was made
Governor of Shantung. His irlmedi-
ate predecessor, the notorius Yu Hsien,
was a firm believer in the Bower
movement, and had encouraged it 10
the utmost of his power. Yuan Shih-
kai, who had brought his foreign drill
ed soldiers with him, set himself with
relentless vigor to suppress the Box
ers. To his conduct the Europeans
in Picking in part owed their lives,
and the Empire, in is traditional
shape, its existence. He had the sa-
gacity and the moral courage to disre-
gard the Imeprial Edicts ordering the
pluEder and massacre of foreigners,
and he worked steadily with The Yang,
tsze Viceroys to maintain order. Not
a foreigner in his province pel8hol
while Chilli was in flames.
In 1901 he was appointed Viceroy
of Chilli on the death of Ii Hung
chang, In his new pest his grear "bili
ties as an organizer waro again appar-
ent. Like all capable organizers he
was quick to see and to use the good
qualities of subOrdinAtes, and ne
showed a special appreciation for those
of the Cantonese. His intelligence had
taught him that Western methods
were as indispensable to China in edu-
cation as in military affairs, and it was
upon his advice, supporte by tha5 Of
Chang Chih-tung, the mos. celebrated
of the old school of Chinese literati,
that the Edict of 1904 was issued This
Edict, it will be remembered abolsh-
cd the traditional examinations in Chi.
nese classics, and declared that for the
future the only recognized door to pub
lie life would be a degree in one Of the
modern colleges. He was 4 main pill
lar, it need hardly be said, of the anti
opium movement. In the last year of
the lorg reign of the Empress Dow
ager, Yuan Shih-kai became a member
of the Grand Council and administra
tive head of the Wai-wu-pu.
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QUESTIONABLE PRAISE.

Mrs. Hamilton Paine-Duchess de-
Observation-Disclosures, by her misad-
venture with the bogus Count d'Aulby,
another proof of tue inability of
Americans to grapple with European
life"
The speaker, Count Jacques de IA
Tour Blanche, while in New York,
was praising the honesty of Ameri-
cans.
You are, for all the tales about
your political and corporate corrup-
ton" he said, the most honest and
the most honorable people in the
world 1t is TO your credit, not 70
your discredit. that Adventures so
often dupe you in Europe, 1t isn't
because your minds are stupid that
you are duped. 1t is because your
minds are noble-too noble to believe
such mean, small creatures as Euro
pean adventures can exist
That was a typical adyenturer,'
Count Jacques de la Tour Blanche
concluded, who, meeting an Ameri-
can millionairess in Paris, congratu-
lated her on her good fortune in maxi
ing his acquaintance.
"'You know he said, I always pick
my friends
But this lady, who was up to snuff,
retOrted:
LAS you would a chicken, Ell, mar
quis?
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sought by a multitude of sutors from
among her own countrymen, but Lord
Cook, an English nobleman of wealth
and prominent leader in society in
that country finally won her hand.
The marriage occurred in New York
and was solemnized on a most elabo-
rate scale.