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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-26

! land improved by tenants increased
462o coo acres and the land farmed
| by home owners increased 3.1S0.0o0
acres. In Texas 5 per cent Of the
/ farms are operated by tenants and
in the United States - per cent,
The tenant population In Texas is
1900 900 people"
! The estimate is presented that SO
/ per cent OF the tenants in Texas rent
! On the basis o. 0ne-third and one
/ fourth cotton and that 30 per cent
pay more than third and fourth
+ There are perhaps $1,000 tenant
farmers in this state who. in some
form or other, pa! rental Of more
than third and fourth on land.
To this number Ne may add 11,,06
cash tenants, for it is there the worst
forms OF rental eXoTtiGn exist, al
though It might be difficult TO pro-
hibit. by law, willing renter pay
ing willing landlord an agreed sum
Tor use o. property"
| Tenant Crop Value 1000. 900 900
Il Is stated that the farm value OF
the crops produced by the Texas ten
ant farmers approximates 500. o00.-
600 per annum, and that of this
amount $4,000, 900 goes for pay
ment Of Land rentals and $4,000
/ 600 for credit while making the
crop
The latter amount IS complete
lump sum the tax levied against the
tenant farmer BY our present credit
system"
The s2o,000,00o bonus which the
tenant farmer pays for credit, as we'll
as the $50, 900 600 rental he pays for
the use of the farm, should be used
in buying homes
The booklet says, among other
things:
Texas has more tenant farmers
than any other state In the union.
About so per cent of the tenant
farmers of Texas move every year.
Only 5000 Of the 100000 tenant
farmers in Texas have not moved
during the last ten years.
Only 1884, or % per cent, Of the
farms Of Texas are entirely owned by
the farmers operating them.
There are 3l4,263 homeless farm
ers in Texas and only $4,000 of
them are negroes, leaving 259,000I
white farmers that do not own the
soil they till or the homes in
which they live
There are 219,575 tenant farm
ers and 28.348 farm land owners
renting additional land, total OF
247 1923 farm land renters in Tex
as
Nearly 10 per cent of the tenant
farmers in the United States live in
Texas, while only 5 per cent OF the
Nations farm home owners reside
in this state. In 1880 only SO per
cent Of the Texas farmers were ten
ants, ~ per cent in 1890, so per
cent in 1900 and SO per cent in
1910.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-26
TALK OVER TELEPHONE
ACROSS CONTINENT
THE FIRST TRANSFORMERS
LINE Is SUCCESSFULLY
I\AIGURATED.
President Vail In New York Office
Talks To His Assistant
Manager In san
Francisco.
By the Associated Press.

New York, Jan. EFT is now
possible TO carry on a conversation
over the telephone from ocean TO
ocean. The first transcontinental
line was successfully inaugurated
yesterday afternoon The president
of the United States and mayors OF
the leading cities were cut il on the
wire and all extended congratulate
lions on the achievement
DR.. Graham Bell, the inventor of
the telephone, opened the conyersa-
ton by talking with MIR Thomas
Watson, his former assistant. who
was on the San Francisco end of the
line, starting off at .. III. with the
when first trying to send the human
voice across the telephone wire,
Alloy, Alloy to which Mr.. Wat
son answered instantly The office of
President Vail of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company, at
Is Dey street was crowded when the
talk started at o'clock with pub
lie officials, representatives of civic
CARNATIONS, engineers, scientists,
leaders in the commercial and finan-
cial world, prominent Journalists ana
telephone officials President Wilson
at Washington was then connected
and he talked to the San Francisco
office. Mayor Curley of Boston was
later switched on the line and he too
extended to Mayor Rolph the best
wishes of his city The engineers of
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company disappointed at the
inability Of President Vail to be at
his office and undaunted by the task
before them, connected President
Vail at Jekyll Island, one thousand
miles down the Atlantic seaboard off
the coast of Florida with the trans
continental line, and Mr.. Vail spoke
four thousand four hundred miles in
his talk to San Francisco. All the
conversations were expressive of good
wishes for the success of the expoel,
ton at San Francisco. Mr. Vail said
AT the Centennial exhibition AT
Philadelphia, the exhibit of the Bell
System consisted of two telephones
capable Of talking from one part of
the room to another, faint as the
transmitted speech then was it be-
came at once the marvel OF all the !
world, causing scientists as well as
laymen to eXclaim with wonder"
Starting with these feeble instru- |
ments only the Bell Company, by !
persistent study, incessant expert |
mental and the expenditure of iln-
mense sums of money, created AN |
entire new art, inyenting, develop
ing and perfecting, making improve
ments great and small in telephone, |
transmitter, line, cable, switchboard |
and every other piece of apparatus
and plant requirement for the trans
mission of speech.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-26

seek ana not great deal was &C
.Grap.i-hel Ln actual Law making.
judging trom the comment heard
on the governors FIRST official mes
sage II @as tayofablg received The
impression prevailed that the mes
sage waz free Of political claptrap
and it Vas regarded as a plain bus
mess statement oil matters OF the
governors wants TO be considered
By the legislature.
The governors silence on prohi-
bition or liquor legislation was TAX
Ell to mean that he will keep
closely to his campaign pledge to
veto any sort Of liquor legislation
In the House it is noticeable that
both pros and ants are on the gov
errors side
The senatorial stock of Congress-
man Robert L. Henry received a
boost when it became known that
he and Governor Ferguson have
been intimate political and person.
al friends for many years. Henry
was the only member OF the Texas
congressional delegation to come to
the Inaugural ceremony.
Governor Ferguson's land ten
ant and rent bills will receive
quick attention in committee, it is
assured. The senate agricultural
committee has already reported
one administration bill fayorably,
The cotton acreage reduction ques-
ton viii not get before the IegisIa-
ture, it now appears.
Labor is asking more than its
usual number of fayors. The leg
Islatiye committee representing the
union organizations expects much
at the hands of the Ferguson ad-
iratioH. The full crew bill,
however, viii have toughest sled
ding.
Penitentiary problems was
vi GU ~ iOifIDlS " INT attention Oh
the house members today By de-
bate over the proposed junket to
Investigate the penal system. Gov
ernor Ferguson is understood to be
planning to give the committee
enough information to make a
personal visit unnecessary. There
/ would be considerable expense in
yoIved in such a trip.
representative Tillotson has in
course Of preparation a bill reor-
ganizing the penitentiary system
Senator baltimore will introduce a
bill this week for the establishment
of circulating librarian. Another of
| his fixes four years as the limit for
| the collection of delinquent taxes
! and provides that any tax collector
/ who issues a receipt for taxes for
any current year on property on
! which taxes are delinquent shall be
| liable for the unpaid taxes.
Senator McGregor will introduce
a bill for the repeal Of the poll tax
| aw.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-26
FOUR ARRESTED Result
Of C0iSTi8.E'S ,
TWO WOMEN AND Two htSl
IN INTO CUSTOM II VIZ
iTa FALLS,

Wichita Fails, Texas, jan +
Following the dea.h here last Y
day night of II. T. R4sss ea'2
at Vernon, four arrests a-@
made upon warrants charging
der.
Riggs was found dying IN ~
in a local hotel, succum5tag '--
few minutes. In the room was "
an empty bottle. which aPGa-
had contained strychniHe. but
were no evidences Of SHY"
poisoning,
Those arrested are Mrs., -
Branch. arrested at ChiekasA'
homa, by Sheriff Keys OF WIS
county; Floyd Absher ana M
l.. BlSnoff, arrested III
by Deputy Sheriff AeEaI VI
county and Deputy Sheriff Y "
Wilbarger, and J. a, JOINER 90
ed here yesterday.
The grand jury reoonTene1 :
day to consider another ease 'N
Bishoff and Absher we're 'SA..
fore it. The exhumation Of
body has been ordered.
Mrs. Branch accompai''eu
from Vernon here last ihuIsu''
both we're met here by AoSH''
Mrs. Bishoff, and Joiner Was
senger on the same tram
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-26
South Bound.

LOCAL CARS, (making an
stops leave Waxahachie for Waco
GAP a. m. Local cars (making all
stops) pass WaXahachie for Waco
and all intermediate points 7:52,
9:52 and 1852 a. m, 1852, 3:52.
5:52, 1912 p. m Cars arriving
1852 and 9:52 p. n. and 12:42 a.
M. stop at Waxahachie
LIMITED CARS from Dallas, run
ming through to Waco, (making no
country stops) pass WfAahachie
S:42 and 10:42 a. m, 12:42, 2:42.
4:42, GAP and SAP D. IN. Car
passing S:42 p m. may make local
stops when necessary south OF
Waxahachie.
BAGGAGE CARS: lis, $50
and 9:52 p. m.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-26

40; Waco, cloudy, A; San Antonio
cloudy, AZ; Brownsville, cloudy, "a
beaumont, clear, 81 Abilene, clear,
81; Ell Paso, clear, 40; Galveston,
cloudy, 46; Amarillo, cloudy, 20;
Houston, cloudy, AZ; Rest. cloudy
80 to as, temperature.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-26
CONDITIONS IN
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA

ENTHUSIASTICALLY clear, cold,
temperature 40
Texas--pallas, part cloudy, 40;
Texarkana. cloudy, 80; Clarksville,
cloudy, IS; Nacogdoches, clear, 35;
Hearne, clear, cold; Greenville, clear,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-26
INTERURBAN TIME TABLE.
North Bound,

LOCAL CARS, (making all
stops) pass Waxahachie for Dallas
and all intermediate points 5:48,
Gas, S:48 and 10:48 a. M, 12:48,
2;4S. 4:48, GAS, $50 and 1870
p. m.
LIMITED CARS from Waco. and
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-26
Cotton Produced.

Texas tenant farmers produce
sou, 600 worth of cotton per day;
one years production by Texas ten
ant farmers will clothe 100000, 900
people.
Fifteen per cent of the total land
area of Texas is occupied by tenant
farmers.
Practically the entire tenant
farmer population OF Texas is in
the cotton belt, and in the leading
cotton counties more than 65 per
cent Of the farmers are renters.
There are nearly 100000 farm
laborers in Texas, with wages rang
ing from soc to $3.50; 329,914 of
these are males and 165,103 fe-
males. Texas has more farm la
borers than any other state.
OF the 10000 women that earn
their living by doing manual labor
! on Texas farms f37,400 cultivate
the land upon which they live and
1850 hire out. Texas has 1900
women farm laborers that are over
As years of age.
Forty-nine per cent OF the white
| farmers of Texas are renters and 70
per cent Of the negro farmers are
| renters. or the total number OF
! tenant farmers In Texas 17O,97O
1 are white and 4S,605 colored. The
| white tenants cultivate 10,933,O0O
| acres OF Texas land and negro rent
ers till 1,S22,0O0 acres.
Forty-eight per cent OF the land
in a white tenant farm is in cult.
walton, while IS per cent of the
negro tenant farm is cultivated.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-26

all intermediate cities and towns,
tmaking no country stops) pass
1880, $50 and 1880 a. m, 1880,
$50, $50 and 1880 p. m.
BAGGAGE CARS: 1925, 6.51 and
1888 p. m,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-26
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
} <>>>%> 90 q 4 q
West Bound.

>>>>>%> 80 80 . .
West Bound.
H. & r. C.
NO. 90 leaves -. 1880 a. IN.
No. 81 Motor Car 49,. 11:15 a. m.
No. SO leaves ......7:20 D. m
East bound.
No. 80 leaves .10:40 a. m
no. Sb leaves ....... 10 D. N
No. 80 (motor carr leaves 500 D. m
-rinity 4 Brazoe Valley soutnDonHy
No. l leaves. 1875 a. m.
NOrthbound.
NO. 2 arrives. ..5:l5 D. m.
NJ, X. 4 T.-Northbound.
No. (Flyer) leaves. .7:13 a. m,
No. 108 leaves. .........6:05 a. m.
No. 10 (Limited) leaves 1880 D. m.
Southbound.
No. 8 Lim:ted) leaves 1910 a. m,
No. s (Flyer) leaves $40 p. m,
No. l09 leaves. 1852 D. m.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-16
Get the Habit of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
Says we can't look or feel riuht
with the system full
of poisons.

Millions Of folks battle internally
now. instead of loading their system
with drugs. What's an inside bath %
you say. Well, it is guaranteed to per-
form miracles, if you could believe
these hot water enthusiasts.
TGere are vast numbers of men and
women who Immediately upon arising
IN the morning, drink a glass of real
hot water with a teaspoonful of lime
stone phosphate in it. This is a very
excellent health measure 1t is in
tended to flush the stomach, liver, kid
neys anu the thirty feet of intestines
Of the plevious days waste, sour bile
and lndigestible material left over in
the body, which if not eliminated every
day, becomes food for millions of
bacteria which infest the bowels, the
quick result is poisons and toxins
which are then absorbed into the blood,
causing headache, bilious attacks foul
breath, bad taste, colds, stomach trou-
bic, kidney misery, sleeplessness, i'm
pure blood and all sorts of ailments.
People who feel good one day and
badly the next, but who simply can
not get feeling right. are urged to
obtain a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate at the drug store. This
will cost very little, but is sufficient
to make anyone real crank on the
subject of internal sanitation
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so limestone phosphate and
hot water act on the stomach, liver
kidneys and bowels. 1t is vastly more
important to battle on the inside than
on the outside, because the skin pores
do not absorb impurities into the
blood, while the bowel pores do.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-16
South America Is Interesting
Herself With Trade In United
States and Makes Wants IKnown

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov 16.-An
example of the wide varieties of quer-
les that the Buerau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce Department of
Commerce, is constantly receiving is
furnished by an inquiry about cam
paign buttons in a Latin American
country. A manufacturer in the Unit
cd States is to make the buttons, and
has asked the Bureau, through one of
It's branch offices, what the rates Of
duty are on this class of goods in the
country to which they are to be sent
A steady stream of letters to the
Bureau brings questions about foreign
tariff rates in various Central and
South American countries, and innum-
cradle other subjects related to trade,
especially the trade of the Latin re-
publics to the south. American mer-
chants are seeking in many ways to
capture the attention of that section of
the world on its shopping tours"
An inquiry which involves the study
ii railroad fares for various points in
practically all the South American
countries means considerable research
by the Bureau, but it furnishes the in
formation as promptly as possible. An
ether correspondent desires informa-
ton about the varieties and quantities
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-16

OF fruit to be found among the products
OF South America, and the particular
locations of-the varieties. In this III
stance, also the Bureau gives careful
attention to the task of delving for the
required facts.
Some manufacturers call for infor-
nation which, as a rule, will have to
Re obtained from the agents of the Blu
reau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce in the field. One firm asks about
the market for gas tips for open-fame
gas jets. Another, which makes Bah
bitt metal bearings, would like to know
what chance there is for selling anti
friction bearings in South America.
The Bureau has been asked to eX-
plain the triangular method of settling
trade balances between South America
a the United States by way of Eu-
rope, and the amounts involved. Per-
sons interested in foreign trade also
take up other economic questions. In
fact, variety characterizes each days
mail of the Bureau, and South America
is receiving special attention. The
same mail that brought the query
about campaign buttons contained a
letter from a manufacturer who de-
sired information about rates of duty
on cabinet files to be shipped to a
Latin American country
All these communications are re-
ceiving the careful attention of the
Bureau, and the government officials
find in them pleasing evidence of
broader efforts to extend American
trade.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-16
SedbOdrd Air Line
he Progressive Railway Of the SOutl

Leave Americas for Cordele, Ro
chelle, Abbeyille. Helena. Lyons. Col
Inns, Savannah, Columbia. Richmond
Portsmouth and points East and South
1881 p In
$3.50 ne
Leave Americas for Cordele. Able
t1lie. Helena and intermediate points
5:15 p m
Leave Americas for Richland, At
anita, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
gDmery and points West and Northwest
8:l0 p m
Leave Americas for Richland, Col
gmbus, Dawson, Albany and interme'
9Iate points
1895 b m
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-16

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. ia
direct line between Puget Sound and
France is proposed by French con-
sular representative on the Pacific
Coast. He is holding frequent confer
ences with business men whom he has
interested in the project through the
branch office of the Bureau of Foreign
AID Domestic Commerce, Department
of Commerce in Seattle. In making
his canvass of the territory he has
teen afforded special facilities by the
Bureau, and his conclusion is that witt
proper shipping facilities, there would
be an excellent market in France for
the lumber and timber of the Pacific
Northwest,
Reports received by the Bureau from
Seattle indicate that there are interest
and enthusiasm throughout that dis
trict in favor of great shipping
boom. Men who are acting for re-
sponsible transportation companies
have been in consultation with the
Bureaus branch office, several going
from Portland to Seattle for the pur-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-16

Numerous letters have been receiv-
cd from business men by the Bureau OF
Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
commencing the efforts made through
its branch office to develop the foreign
commerce of this Pacific Coast region.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-16
Suggestions Made For Shipping
Line Direct Between France
And Puget Sound Sounds Good

pose, and business men have been
Folding meetings with the object OF
advancing the interests of the port.
Extensive improvements have al
ready been made and there is existing
traffic from that district to the Orient
The city has been making an insistent
demand, however, for more ships ana
the West Coast of South America and
Central America received special at
tcntion. Portland companies have IN
formed the Bureau that line cover
ing that route could be maintained by
handling lumber chiefly, and also car
ny Pacific Coast products generally A
personal visit has been made by Mr..
John Barrett, Director of the Pan-Am-
erican Union, to encourage these eff
forts,
Seattle's interest in shipping during
the present fall has already resulted
IN two publications, Terminal Faci'-
iries of the North Pacific Ports" ana
Pacific Exporters" while periodical
devoted to the same general subject IS
about to be issued.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-16

Seaboard Buffec Parior-5leeping Car
IN Trains 10 and IA, arriving AmericuS
from Savannah 1925 p. M, and leaV-
ing Americas for Savannah 2:30 a. m
s,eeping car leaving for Savannah al
2:30 a. M, will be open for passen-
gers at 11:25 p. ~.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-16

For further information apply to H.
2. Everett, Local Agent, Americus,
Ia: C. w. Small, Div. Pass, Agent,
'avannah, Ca; C. B. RYAN, G. P A,
5olfolk, Va.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-16
@ouslQ. Dyspepsia
MSmzzsassnssss Tablets

will relieve your indigestion. Many
people in this town have used them
and we have yet to hear of case where
they have failed. We know the for
nula. Sold only by us-25c box.
Murrsv's PHARMACY
The circle banner., 1915-12-03
FAVORS DECISIONS IN BOXING
Chairman of New York State Athletic
Commission Approves of Refer
ees Giving verdicts.

/. Fred A., Wenck, the new. chairman
of the New York state athletic com
mi$sion, declares that he is in favor
of decisions in boxing bouts, but that
he wants to feel his way first to make
sure they will be for the benefit OF
the game. :, 10. ,~at.: ,.
III have an. idea that decisions
would greatly help boxing here
abouts." 4" declared Wenck. "In fact, as
far as, am concerned, I am heartily
in favor of having referees announce
a VI Yerdict. There are all kinds of good
rea asons why decisions should be CIV
en- but there are some good reasons
why they should not be. That is, the
general opinion is that with decisions
a gambling clique would spring up
that would in time cause the death of
the sport, as it has in the past, and,
of course, anything that might endan-
ger the great pastime is to be avoided.
'But / know this much: In the days
VIII gambling killed boxing there
wasn't any state commission to super
wise matters. If we should allow de-
cisions nowadays and referees are
bribed or attempts are made, to-bribe
them it would be up to the commits
sion to bar the guilty ones out of
every club in the state"
The circle banner., 1915-12-03
tMcDevitt Driving peter Mac.

/ tensively and there is no more popu.
liar follower Of the grand circuit +
He was unknown, to- the rank and
file of those New Workers. who have
not been able to attend the meetings
at Cleveland, Detroit, Lexington, Co
umbus, Grand Rapids and other
poi nts where the best horses are seen
and, while MI. Lasseil was known by
rep putation as one who took pleasure
in preparing his trotters for the actu-
al contest, they were not prepared to-
sea him ride home, in triumph in the
biggest money prize OF the, year to
date behind three-year-old of his
own breeding '"r - ~
This was in the stallion stakes at
Empire City in the $4,000 event, for
VIII Hch Rusticoat (2:oSEo was the ia
otite, and Henry Todd, a gelding. with
a two-year-old record at 2:11A and
thI Iee-year-old mark of 2:10 was the
me dunn through which this distinction,
wa 5 achieved. This young trotter was
sir ed by Mr. Lassell's own horse,
He nry Setter t2:1osf),'a a son of Todd
and out of his famous mare Nowadays
(2l14A), which is now the dam of
eight standard performers, including
the champion two-year-old flly of her
day with mark of 2:161s. Few men
haHe owned two champions, To- say
nothing of breeding and developing
them.
The circle banner., 1915-12-03
RACING THRIVES IN FRANCE
Horrors Of War.Not Allowed to Inter.
fere With Holiday Sports
|. Many Race Meetings.

That the people Of France are not
llbwing the horrors Of war to inter
fe1e with a few holiday pursuits, is
apparent from the stories told by
Homecoming Americans.
10 Thomas Welsh. the. well-known
trainer of thoroughbreds, who is at
Saratoga, N. Y, after several years in
the French republic, where he trained
the horses of Joseph e. Widener of
Philadelphia, tells remarkable story
about sport during these stirring
times. He states that on July IA and
the Sundays following there were 240
race meetings in France,
This is surely remarkable when it
is taken into. consideration that it is
possible for the people over there to
show interest. An SO MANY affairs and
have enough horses to- enter them in
240 race meetings, when the country:
il being secured for animals for use
at the front .,i z4ssg 81
!, In England, too, there has, been lit
tie diminution of, public interest in
sporting events. At a mammoth
sports carnival In September, $4,000
people attended, despite the fact that
itjra1ned before and while the program
whs being. run OF. :. r- 80