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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
HOW TO WORK A DOLLAR.
Problem That Confronfs Payer OF
Bounty for Wild Animals.
D,n.c CnaofaI

Santa Fe. Y. NJ. March THE
county com missioners faced pecu-
liar difficulty today when they met
in special session. There is about
thousand dollars in the wild animal
bounty fund, but when the claims
were examined they were found to
exceed ten thousand dollars. One
rancher alone presented scalps call
ing for more than five thousand dol
lars in bounty, while another pre-
scented claims for more than two
thousand dollars.
The claims we're referred to the
district attorney, who is to devise
solution to the problem. incidentally
the claims for bounty indicate that
wild animals are far from scarce in
New Mexico, Santa FTe county being
the smallest but one and the Oldest
settlements of New Mexico's twenty
six counties.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
BULLDOGS WORK.
He Smashed 1880 Window Only to
BE Disappointed.

Associated Press Special.
Atlanta. Ga, March 7.-Angered
at the insoient air~of papier mache
dog in the show window of a prom
inent dry goods firm on Whitehall
street, real bulldog yesterday al
ternoon jumped through plate
glass window valued at $3.50 TO get
to the imitation canine, to the as
tonishment of many of the shoppers
who thronged that thoroughfare.
When the real dog landed in the
window he was too bruised and
hurt to carry the war any further'
and limped out OF the hole he had
made without even so much as u
backward glance at the object OF
his wrath.
James Purcell, owner OF the dog
explained to the police that some
one left the gate open at his home
and the dog wandered away before
any of the household was aware OF
It.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
ADJOURNMENT IS
LIKELY POSTPONED
General Situation Indicates Ses-
sion May Continue to
the Twentieth.
THE DAYLIGHT BILL AGAIN
House Committee on Eiquer Traffic
VIII Probably Undertake to
Pass Measure Over the
Governor Veto.
Associated Press Special.

ASsotldttu itcS DPttldt
Austin. Texas, March THE
general legislative situation as re-
vealed here today makes the post
pcncment of adjournment to March
70, or later. quite possible.
The senate at it's morning session
passed the following bills;
Regulating fraternal beneficiary
Institutions; providing tnat commits
si6ners' courts may appropriate as
much as $1,000 to supple nent appro-
priations made by the United States
government in farm demonstra-
ftions; the house bill creating Villa
cy county, which the house wanted
named Kennedy in honor Of Jack
Kennedy; the Houston county road
law, ceding property on whtfn The
San Jacinto battlefield is situated TO
the United States: creating the conn
$3.50 aourty.
| nder renewed pressure the anti
/ prohibitionists caucused this morn
! ing and agreed to pass the legisia-
ton recommended by Governor Col
quitt before adjournment.
se In the house a bill which provide
for the sale of public free scho'
lands was discussed. but no actit
was taken up to the hour Of rece'
1t is learned that the house COZ
q mittee on liquor traffic will unds
u take to have the daylight bill pass
over the governors veto, but the I
dications ire that the committee VI
be opposed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07

Dash FROM COURT ROOM.
j. W. Owen Makes Desperate Break
M for His Liberty.

Abilene, Texas, March Il. w,
Owen. Convicted in the district court
here yesterdaxSmorning, made a wild
dash for liberty after the Jury bad
rendered its verdict sentencing him
to five years IN the penitentiary on
a charge Of assault with intent to
murder, the alleged victim being his
wife.
The prisoner gained the court
house yard, with the posse and a
large crowd Of spectators in pursuit.
A number III shots were fired with
the object of bringing the prisoner
to a halt, buts he only ran the faster
and was NOT stopped until Sheriff
Weir, who rs a good Splinter seized
him by the collar and brought him
back to the court house. where the
Judge ordered him to Jail.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
COB PIPES POPULAR.


Jefferson City, Mo-, March g.
Corn cob pipes continue to bring
fame to Missouri and money to the
five towns which make a specially
of manufacturing and shipping them
to the consuming centers.,
This unique industry, the con
verting corn cobs into commodity
which is in great demand the world
over, while still in its infancy, net
ted seven factories $450,41S in the
year 1910.
These are the advance figures
made public by Labor Commissioner
Hitler recently,
In cob pipes alone the production
Of 1910 amounted to 26, i55,oSl
pipes.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
". |. FISHER OF CHICAGO
SUCCEEDS MR.. BALLINGER
In Announcing the New Secretary
President Declares BalinGeF
the Victim OF Bitter Con-
spiracy.


Washington, March 7.-Walter l.,
Fisher of Chicago has been appoint
ed to succeed Mr.. Ballinger as secre-
tary of the interior The president in
a letter says that Secretary Balm
ger has been the object of one of the
most INSCRIPTIONS conspiracies for
the defamation of character which
history can show He considers that
the attack on the secretary was an
attack on the Taft administration.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
MEXICAN CAVALRY TROOPS
ARE on 'TAt MOVE
Left Porfirio DiaZ for Sabinas
Where Insurrectos Threaten
Cut Communication.
Associated Press Special.

Associated Press Special.
Eagle Pass, March 7--Seyeral
troops of Mexican cavalry left Gu
dad Porfirio Diaz today for Sabinas.
where it is said considerable force
of insurrectos have gathered for the
purpose of interfering with commun-
ication over the line of the Mexican
International railway.
There seems to be renewed actfv-
ity in revolutionary circles and de-
velopments are expected in the next
few days.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
SOLD HIS WIFE AND BARE.
Purchaser Had to Borrow Money But
III Seems Satisfied.

Associated Press Special.
Omaha. Neb., March dick
Watson of Omaha, last week sold his
wife and 1S-months-oid baby girl to
Chas. Roosevelt for % cents. Roose-
welt borrowed the quarter with which
to purchase the couple, took them
home with him, and all parties seem
satisfied
Watson and his wife were married
three years ago and had not lived
happily. Watson said recently: I'm
sell you for a quarter if any one will
buy" Roosevelt heard The remark
and said if he could borrow the mon
ey he would take the bargain.
Roosevelt got the. money, paid the
p ice and took his property. He rent
ed house and has been hoasekeep-
ing several days. WatsoN agrees TO
ask for divorce.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
SENATOR BAILEY WRITES
To Bolton MINISTER
Discussing Prohibition and Answer
ing Questions He Declares i'll
Favor of Present Laws.
Associated Press Special.

Associated Press Special.
Bolton, Texas, March 7.-Senatof
J. w. Bailey, in a letter Just received
by Reverend w. NJ. Williams, a
prominent minister of this city, de-
clares that he is in favor of the pres
ent local option system in Texas.
This letter was In reply to one re-
Gently written to the senator by Rev.
Williams and in which certain ques-
lions were asked.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
CAARGED WITH MURDER
Of HIS YOUNG WIFI
Associated Press Special.

Cedar Hill. Texas, March 7.-Wil-
lis Monden was arrested today char
ged with the murder of his young
wife.
Mrs. Monden was found last We'd
nesday with rifle ball in her heart
and following an early investigation
it was supposed that she had conl'
mitted suicide.
Later developments indicated that
this young woman was the victim OF
murderer and today's arrest fol-
lowed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
Criminal Assault Charged.

Tom Carter, colored, was brought
here Tuesday by Constable Ford OF
Ferris and placed in Jail on an al
legged charge of criminal assault. The
negro had a preliminary hearing be-
fore Justice Farrar early Tuesday
morning. His bond was fixed at
$500. The offense is alleged to have
been committed last Thursday on a
13-year-old negro girl.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
BROWNS WITH son.
Michigan Man Gives Life in Vain At
tempt to Save Little Boy.

Associated Press Special
South Haven, Mich, March T.
Come papa, can't hold on any
longer" brought Clarence Waite to
hole in the ice of Lake Buell., near
Gobleville, only to drown with his
boy after a heart-breaking struggle
to save the lad. In sight of specta-
tors. afraid to venture on the rotten
ice, to aid the lad who had fallen
into an air hole his comrades ran to
the shore and called the boys faith
err He rushed to the lake where the
little fellow was bravely holding to
the sides &of the hole, Both were
drowned and the bodies found clasp
ed in each others arms.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
Bill Alexander on Trial.
Associated Press Special.

Marshall, Texas, March Bill
Alexander. charged with the murder
of Bud Wagon and Jim Olive, was
begun today. In former trial Alex
ander was convicted but on appeal
the higher courts gave him new
trial
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
THE OAYL|GH! LAW
IS CONSTITUTIONAL
Attorney General Lightfool furn-
ishea Opinion to Representative
NickeIs of Hill County.

Associated Press Special.
Austin, Texas, March 7.--Attor-
ney General Lightfoot has furnished
Representative Nickels of Hill coun-
tv with an opinion on the constitu-
tionality of the daylight law, as pro-
posed by the prohibition members OF
tho legislature. The attorney general
holds that the bill is constitutional
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
Another Washington Rumor.

AsSOclated Pfess SptCIaI.
Washington, March Tt is cur
rently rumored that the real pur-
pose of the ordering of United
States troops to Texas is to prevent
threatened Mexican disorder and to
protect the interests of Americans
across the border in Mexico.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
Rev. Sam p. Wright Dead.
Associated Press Special.

AsSUUTdItU T iESS SUSCIdFs7-
Waco, Texas, March 7,-An-
nouncement has been received here
this morning of the death in CalifoF-
MIA of Rev. Sam p. Wright, former
president of tho BAYLOR Female Cox
| lege. Reverend Wright Was wei
| known all over Texas.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
viii Ship Seventy-Five Cars.
Press SDecjal.

San Antonio, Texas, March T.
Canteloupe growers in this section
of the state are much pleased with
the early conditions and announce
that they expect to ship seyenty-five
car loads of this melon this spring.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
Odd Fellows Elect Officers.

Associated Press Special.
Waco, Texas, March THE state
grand lodge of Odd Fellows has cleo
ted William Illingsworth of Dallas
grand maoter, and s. w Porter Of
Sherman grand treasurer.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
BALl|hGER HAS RESIGNED
As SECRETARY INTERIOR
Upon Request of President Taft His
Resignation Was Held Up Tn
I'll Close OF Congress.
Associated Press Specials

Washington, March, = Secretary
OF the Interior BallinGer has resign
ed. His resignation. was rendered
January 10, but ins conformity to the
request of the president he contin-
ued In office until the close of con
gress. President Taft accepted Secre-
tary Ballinger's resignation today
with regret - 20
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07

MARKET REPORT.
LOCAL MARKET.

The WaXahachie dealers are pay
ing the following prices for country
produce today:
Cotton, good niadltng, per 70. l4.o0
Cotton, strict niddling, per NJ. 1asT
Cotton. middung, fob. per lh. a3.7S
Cotton, strict low, per 10. ..13,5e
r Cotton, low middling per lb. 1906
Cotton in Seed per lib. 400 to 49,
: Grab Cotton per lb, ....2 to 2 II
| Wheat. No. 2, per bushel 81 0
Oats. per bushel 1899. 36c to 40
| Corn. per busheI 1890. coo to CSC
I Alfalfa Hay. per ton. $21 to S2J
I Prairie Hay. per ton $I4 to $18
Johnson Grass Hay, per ton $1,000
Chickens, friers, per Id. ...... 100
Hens. per lb. 7c
Turkeys, per ID. .......... 10c
Eggs, per dozen ............1 100
Country Butter. per lb. 15c to zoe
Sweet Potatoes per bushel .$1.2s
Pecans,. new crop, per ID. sc
Pecans, extra choice, per Id. 10
Cream tbutterfat) per lb. ..... gee
Hogs, on foot, per lb. ...6 to Hc
Fat cows on foot, per lb. % to &c
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
A Cabinet Announcement.

Associated Press Special.
Washington, March Following
a cabinet meeting 1t has just been
announced that the dispatch of
troops to Texas and the California
border Of Mexico is solely for the
purpose of maneuvers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
Has Changed to semi-weekiy.

AssOeialed Press Special.
Marshall, Texas, March THE
Messenger, which has been running
here since 1877 as a weekly news
paper. came out yesterday as senai-
\ weekly.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07

Whom you need plumber cali
Bunkley, with F. S, Cronk Co. Both
homes 81. y
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07

McAlester lump coal, per ton $3.50
Colorado Coal per ton .... $500
Cotton Seed Meal, per 100 80. 81. 40
Cotton Seed Hulls, per ton 50 90
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07

Read the want ads-theyre prof
table. VI
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-07
RETAIL MARkET.

Waxahachie dealers are retailing
the following articles at prices qtot-
ed below:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-23
Money In the Banks

the southwest realy
M activity and prosperity or the
widely explain
cattmen sold their stuff at loss
safer there than anywhere
others
gradually
sacrifice and do not care
their But The Herald prefers
to take optimistic view of it.
we have and financial sequences not the
sse here as thew apply For one thing
individuals than IN the east where
the tremendous to increasing amounts due n
trv banks corporations Great quantities OF une
agnon and general
doubt and dissatisfaction apt to that the general
higher and that new
legitimate industrial and business p1ons
difference nproduct consumption
banks idle is doing nobody any good;
wealth. and making nothing to pay Its
the aDal at his disposal and
the bright side to the situation
ut for all
the times the legitimate needs of industry and
development and the favorable reaction
will demand
speculation; and that
ample to take
careo of all legitimate
he generally looked well
well fixed to take
advantage offer There
Why the argument employed
general
it profit
The market is always
sanOIing for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-23
Bv
Frederic
]. Haskin

Lindsborg. For 10 years this chorus
was directed by the talented Samuel
Thorstenberg, now of Jamestown, New
York. AS the Swedish preacher was its
original genius, so was Thorstenberg
the genius Of it's great success.
The Swedish national building at the
Worlds Fair in st. Louis in 1904 was
taken down, removed and set up again
in Lindsborg, and this building is now
used in connection with Bethany
church as the center of the entertain
ment of the thousands who come to
Lindsborg during Holy Week, or Mes
siah Week as it is called there
Negro Mozart Society.
Not least among the singing socie-
ties of the United States is the Mozart
society of Fisk university at Nashville,
composed of negroes. The Fisk Jubile.s
singers are a section of this society,"
which includes in its repertoir every
thing from plantation melodies and
negro revival songs up to the masses
and oratorios of the masters The
first American production Of Hiawatha,
the masterpiece of the negro compos-
er Samuel Taylor Coleridge was given
by this society The jubilee singers
Travelled ell over the world singing ne
gro melodies ard collecting money to
build the great Jubilee hall which Is
one of the main buildings Of the uni
versity. When prince Henry Of Prussia
was a lad at Potsdam he heard these
singers. When he toured this country
several years ago he expressly askr
to hear them again. and his train was
taken to Nashville and the negro choir
was disposed on flat cars IN the II
STATEN to serenade the prince during
the brief reception on the rear plat
form of his train.
The great increase in choral singing
manifested in all parts OF the country
has, however, its chief Inspiration IN
the work of the universal German
singing societies. The local manner
Choir is certain to be the nucleus
around which the general music festi-
walls built. up, and despite their separ-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-23
Dorothy Dix =. :'' -. .:s ss-7 O.:
Children Who Paid Her
Back with Sneers Contempt

ISTEN, you superior young people,
TO this little story from real life.
There is woman. plain,
homely old woman, without one vestige
Of culture, or style. or anything that
you consider smart, and that would
make her interesting to you Her eyes
are faded. her hands are hard and
work-knotted, her face is lined and
wrinkled, her hair is gray and sparse,
and she gathers it into a little knob
about the size of a walnut at the back
Of her head
She doesn't know how to dress or
how to pick out the clothes that would
best conceal her defects She prefers
to sit in the kitchen rather than in
the parlor. She has no society small
talk. and her grammar is not always
beyond reproach- At the table. she
likes to eat with her knife, and drink
her tea out OF the saucer.
She's just plain. ordinary old wo-
man. There are tens Of thousands
like her. Nothing TO make you give
her a second glance. or second
thought. unless you might happen TO
get glimpse into her heart. and see
there tragedy that is as black and
bitter as ingratitude and wasted love
and effort can make one.
Years and years ago this old wo-
man was a young woman, pretty and
gay, strong of body and strong OF
heart, and filled with the joy of liv-
ing She was poor, and she married
a man no better off than she was. but
they both had youth. and health. and
| industry. and ambition, and they set
out working. shoulder to shoulder, TO
make their fortune
And Then Began the Life OF Toll and
Sacrifice.
They began housekeeping In a cou-
pie of rooms. with scarcely stick OF
furniture, but the young wife kept it
as neat as wax. and there was always
a savory meal. smoking hot. on the Ia
bic when the husband came home from
work.
Then the babies began coming
pitching over each others heels so fast
they came-until there were six OF
them, but never a one more than there
was welcome for IN the mothers
heart and a place for in the mothers
arms.
But how she had to work to take
care OF them. for she was too poor to
have any outside help. How she
cleaned and scrubbed to keep the lit
tie home tidyi What long hours she
bent over the washtub and the ironing
board that they might be kept clean
and sweet How she stewed over the
cook stove that cheap cuts Of meat
might be turned into appetizing nour-
ishing dishes for them. How she sewed,
and mended, and patched that they
might not be shamed by their clothes
before their comrades
These were the years in which the
young woman turned into an old wo-
man before her time. This was when
her outstanding young figure lost its
elasticity, and her shoulders grew
round and bent under the burden they
bore. These were the years when the
long night vigils she kept by sick beds.
after a weary day. faded the blue out
Of her eyes This was when the heat
of the kitchen range burned the roses
out Of her cheeks.
People asked her why she did not
keep her oldest girl at home from
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-23
IA Years Ago To-
From The Herald OF dow
This Date 1897

Many new residences are building in
Juarez.
Very few persons are applying to
Capt. Davis for rations.
The 18th infantry band gave con-
cert in the park last night in honor Of
Gen. Arson Mills.
The first regular train on the Sierra
Madre road will go out tomorrow
morning, bound for Casas Grandes.
Grasshoppers are very. numerous at
this time but farmers are not COM
planning of any damage to crops on
their account.
The Postal Telegraph company has
it's wires strung to San Antonio n. M,
and Supt. Sperry expects to reach Ell
Psso with the wire about July 20.
Supt. Sperry, of the telegraph depart
ment of the Mexican Central, came up
last night from Mexico City to confer
with Supt. Payne, of the Postal Tele-
graph company, relative to the send
ing of messag es from the United States
over the Mexican Central lines.
A T. P. passenger train and an extra
G. II. freight train collided at Madden
station 81 miles east Of Ell Paso- En-
gineer Samuel Pierson. of the G. H,
was instantly killed. The G. H. freight
was coming west and the T. P. psssen-
ger was running east when they col
lided. The two engines, II freight
cars and two passenger cars were de-
molished.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-23

school to help her, and why she did no.
put Johnny, who had grown a big lad
out to work; but the woman steadfast-
ly refused TO listen 20 such suggestions.
In her soul she nourished a great am
bition. toward which she struggled
through sickness and pain, with feet
that faltered with WEAKNESS and bones
that cried out for rest
The Pelican Sons and Daughter.
Who Paid Back In Sneers
And this ambition was 70 give her
children an education: to give them
advantages that she herself had never
had; 10 raise them up above herself
Well, she succeeded, as a woman al
ways does when she gives her whole
heart to a single object She put her
children through the grammar school,
cation was her fetch. with almost in
credible sacrifice, she put them also
through college.
And the result Of ali OF her Hfe's
hard labor is that her children are
ashamed Of her.
They f1out her opinions and deride
her views. They criticfse her gram
mar and correct her table manners
They sneer at her oid-fashioned ways
of doing things. and she Is without re-
spect and without honor In her own
home.
Worse. she is afraid or her children
who give themselves such airs OF su-
periority. When they have company
she meekiy keeps in the background
Before she speaks she trembles lest
her pronunciation should offend Mary,s
cultivated ear She eats deprecatingly
lest she be committing some breach
of table etiquette. to which James
shall call her attention She quakes II
1T
dread Of the contemptuous curl that
Johns lips viii take over mothers ig-
norance-
None of >her- chiIdren's snubs are
lost on the old woman Every one
stabs down 10 the very spot where
mother love lives, and the wound
bleeds in tears that water her pillow
at night.
She wonders II her children know
how cruel they are; If they realize how
their criticisms hurt; II they cannot
no time to cultivate herself. TO pre-
serve her beauty, to learn how to dress.
and play bridge, is because she gave
every minute. and hour. every ounce
Of strength and vitality that was IN
her to their service, to securing to
them advantages she had never had
She laid herself a splendid sacrifice
on the altar OF motherhood. and those
to whom she offered up herself body
and soul, spurn the gift by which they
have profited
Does This Charge Fit You, Young Man
or Young W0manf
Is this woman your mother. young
man?
Is she your mother, young womang
Look into your own conduct and see;
and. If you have been in the habit OF
looking down upon mother. because
she isn't as well educated as you are.
quit it. and try TO pay some OF the
debts you owe to her.
Be sure OF this-that when the roll
of real heroes is written out, the
names OF those women who deliberate
ly raised their children up above them
selves will lead all the rest