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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-14
saRDIs.

The residence Of Nr. L. 3 Carter
came very near being destroyed by
fire last Thursday. Was only saw
ed through hard work About TWEEN
y men did some valiant work
Sir add Mrs Carter fee very thank
ful 70 the onsa helping 20 faithfully
There vas o. course considerable
damage
We are very glad 70 report health
.oi this place very good
Mr. sad Mrs. league OF waxa-
h4ehie and theft daughter. SIR Al
.carrg aim tSo children from Nile
all attended church here SUNDAY
taking dinner eish Mr. sad Mrs D.
= Cras
tncis joan Della fiilea fhe palN,
AZ The Methodist church sunday
NJ and Mrs Monroe Bryant a.
aaughtaF attended rhufch saadag
Professor Oliver 81 FORT Worfh
Rii hegia . seventeen aays slagine
sehoe. here Nouday fulY IS -
sfs noag ser ready - stfeno
kssrl body remember the BApis,
orphans hons ca spntas. the ISIS.
a. ail-d4Y serslre ~ ths Tabrraael-
- ssfe and bfins yonr haskst
There acre quite = n1nbeg 81 o.
risis To- ihs louug people iasf eeek
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''sTRAWs SHOW now
MMD IS BLOWING
wHEN pleaasLE COMMENCE IN
TRAVEL lsltsIsERfTI ~ NOT
FAR BEHIND.
Agent TalmAxe =. Newton Of Inter
urban Ta1xe~ tDptlnsfsetc View Of
Ccodletoax Throughout
Country.

That business confidence and It's
side partner. prosperity are rapidly
returning TO this section of Texas Is
the belief OF the Southern Traction
Company. according to Mr. 4. T.,
Newton. agent OF the interurban al
waxahachie. Mr.. Newton declares
that the travelling public are the
straws that show how the wind Is
blowing. and that when the people
commence travelling prosperity Il
rot far behind. He says thar the
monthly reports TO agents of the In
terurban competing in the honor roll
contest show that conditions are
ra pidsy becoming normal all along
the interurban lines.
Mr. strickland. our president,
said Mr.. Newton. 'inaugurated a
contest under which record OF pas
senger receipts for eaea six-mcHths
period is compared With the same
period OF the previous year. state
ments being sent out each month 70
let the competing agents know just
how they are standing He has Of
fered cash prizes to the three
agents making the best showing for
the period. based on percentages Z
The contest for the first SIS
months of 1915 closed June Goth,
ard Mr.. r. W. kenible. agent OF the
iirterurban al sterretr. pulled down
/ the first prize on the Dailas-Waco
/ line Mr. Newton states that the
new contest started july list and will
end December 3lst. 1915. and tha'
while he was decidedly in the run.
ming In the contest Just closed b.
wants to take the first prize in the
new contest
II want TO win the contest Just
started, said Mr. Newton and |
en- counting on my many friends to
help me do il by purchasing their
tickets al my station instead Of
paving cash fares when travelling
over the interurban. as The more
tickets ! sell naturally the greater
my receipts VIII be and the better
c'anee ! viii have of being the hon
or man when the contest closes De-
cember 3lst.
Mr. Newton says that the honor
q being the high man is the main
incentive for. making the race and
that be figures on using the money
that he wins IN buying soft drinks
for hts many friends when he meets
them in Dallas and nearby seaports
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s~af the Fly Movies. =

DALLAS. Texas. July 1ssioyies
hare been called 10 the ard OF the
ssat-the-fly campaign Several u
the Guys larger theafesa have been
asked BIZ city authorities % aid the
municipal sanitation campaign By en-
hibfting films about flies
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-14

One M each OF the fpllowias pisces.
Mcssrs. Hawks. Eastman. T. William
and Lester Rslsson and Z. :. Deik.
The young people enjoy these ocea-
ssons.
Miss Emma Bratcher spent Sund y
With Miss Yeta Eastman.
The little daughter OF Mr.. aud Mrs
Tom Alien fell from tree saiur
day breaking her arm. but is deins
nicely at this writing.
Mrs. A. h. Isowrey has been on the
sick list the past week
Mr.. and Mrs. " T. Eastman we're
guests Sunday OF Or. and Mrs. Popiin
Mr. Marvin Hightower has beer
very badly crippled the past week
struck his toes hard hlow which has
been very painful.
Mr.. George VIM peayy Of Dallas
has been the guest of his sister, Mrs
W. E. Middleton. the pas, week
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Boyd and chill
dren visited at Mansfield Monday
and Tuesday
Mrs. Sallie Burns is visiting hel
brother in Jackson county for ter
days leaving Friday. July 2
very pleasant day was spent i
the lovely couptrS home OF Mr.. ans
sirs. O. ". Stewart Wednesday, iils
18th. There were present twenty -foui
ladies with enough children TO make
| a total number 81 sixty-six \ fin'
Hdinner consisting OF vegetables. tur
key, and everything good Mrs
Stewart knows hos 10 make thing
pheasant.
Airs. Jim Boyd is spending a les
days this week With her sister. Mrs
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-14

1hia j. fbe latest photograph ~
Miss Bean Sergeant RseuaF
aho D. declared in Brda Pesth II b.
houa hdf efrsoaat o. q Hungarian
regiiaeai The stors chat eaiae
ulth fhe photograph 3 thal tae su
entered fhe army ra.eAiF 81 q pu-
safe and qufkb rosn o. hofllfn
unti she Has beesms aut
she has received ~ u Niu fram
Emgerof fraas lnseG a6ooeb
vfiea eenfslAs his Photograph
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PORTLAND. Oregon, Jalx IA ~
lanes ]. Hilrs Crest Northern an
Northern Pacific railroads skill ~
main IN the hands Of saas ans 9th r
gentlemen
This Is In the face OF the fact that
Harry Upton. Great Northern porter
won $1.yea in i contest. When -
told the rssaHa cement that NJ formeF-
" was i porter but that ne had e.
firrfy too much money Just now 70
eork nj tne oompsny ar, longer ard
won the money he rushed 10 the Df~
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DALLAS. Texas, July Is Repse.
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ton
Mayor Henry y Lindsey spoke on
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The Ola Standard Groves Tastcless
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General Tonic because II contains the
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ed to bgs the railroads Informed
that the roads wers not for sale. ne
resigned.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1915-02-26

CAMPAIGN pledges are much more easily
~ made than carried out, as Governor RYE is
finding out.
AS A statesman, the late GEORGE WASHINGTON
"A reminds us of Watchful WoODRoW-he was
so different.
IF this Democratic Administration didn't last
any longer than the Lenten season, there
would be general rejoicing.
L'VEN the Piute Indians have heard of this
II countrys unpreparedness for war and have
attempted to start something.
GALE of bread has been prohibited in Berlin.
y The Democratic party has all but prohIb-
tied the eating of it in the U. 5. A.
A CHICAGO Judge is in favor of installing
"A whipping post for two classes OF offend
ers-wife-beaters and lazy tramps.
TT HAS been our observation that the more
ignorant man is the worse he tries to be-
mean The Polk COUNTY REPUBLICAN.
TT IS the opinion of the President that those
L seven senators who put the rollers under the
shipping bill ought to be drawn and quartered.
CEVEN-YEAR terms for Presidents have their
- recommendations but some Presidents have
nothing to recommend them for even part OF
that time.
OF COURSE, the National Democratic Ma
~ chine "knows what it wants and how to
get it," but may be it just didn't want that ship
ping bill passed
THE sinking of an American ship in German
L waters was not an act of war, but this
people will not tamely submit to continuance
of such accidents.
DRESIDENT can now attend the exposition at
San Francisco, but his reception will not
be as cordial as it would have been two years
ago or before the election
THE demand that Congress adjourn and give
L the country a rest was far stronger than the
one for the passage of the shipping bill. Hence
there will be no extra session.
THAT Trade Commission has been completed
at last and its personnel is as obscure as
the purpose for which it was formed With all
these Commissions doing the work, the FPresl-
dent has only to draw the salary
COMMENTING on the Presidents Indianapolis
u speech, Col GEORGE HARVEY, the original
WILSON man, observes that sit is not so much
question of the Presidents confidence in the
American people as one of the American Peo-
nle's confidence in the President"
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1915-02-26

WHAT has become of the "New Freedom
w we used to hear so much about! And 1t
was such beautiful pipe dream
GAYS the Boston Transcript: There's Joke
~ on somebody somewhere when fellow
asks for l5-cent cotton and gets $3.50 Hour.
A JTTNEY merchant marine is about size OF
"A the one this Administration is capable OF
running, Judging by the calibre OF those who
would be at its head.
AS YET we have not seen or heard OF any sat
a isfactory explanation as to why single
individual felt called upon to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket in 1912.
WITH no peace in Europe, Mexico or the
w Senate, the Presidents trials and trlbula-
tions are many; but he has not yet become ac-
quainted with his new House.
CPEAKINC of conveys, the good ship Piffie,
" armed with grape juice and commanded by that
battle-scarred old sea-dog, Admiral BRINE, how
could the enemy hope to stop her!
IF MONEY has been growing on trees since
L the establishment of the Regional Banks, we
haven't met up with the man who has plucked
any of this very desirable fruit.
TIE THE President ever catches up with that 'in-
sidious lobby" he will no doubt hang 1t as
he did those manufacturers who closed their
factories on account of the tariff
ccTHOSE were the happy days" referring to
when, under Republican protective tar
if capital and labor we're fully employed and
prosperity was in every mans doorway.
GAYS the Kansas City Journal: "The call to
y arms in Europe is hardly more general than
the call to aims in the United States" This lat
ter call is never general in this country except
when the Democratic party is in power,
WHEN it comes to depriving old, grey.headedi
w men of the right to vote because they did
not have the educational advantages that some
of our "woud-be reformers" enjoyed, it rather
smacks of class legislation as we'll as bulldozlng.
THE agitatation for the teaching OF advertising
in the public schools is step toward max
ing business men out of the coming generations.
No business is so small that advertising will not
help it, and to neglect is no very great lndlca-
ton of business ability.
Tor several months the Copper City Advance
l. has been asking for financial statement
from The Pike Road Commission Why not
print. comparative statement of the expenses
of the present sherif's office and that OF his
predecessor for the same length of time!
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1915-02-26
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

MAY be that the President intended all along
NI to purchase the entire merchant marine OF
Switzerland?
TT IS now said that SARAH BERNHARDT asplres
to be the worlds greatest one-legged actress
Here's hoping.
AS general proposition, those who ride the
"A least are the loudest in opposition to an IN
crease of passenger rates.
WITH the Legislature convening next Monday
w it is presumed that certain Polk Iounty
lobbyist will be at his post early.
WHAT has become of that life and death
w struggle between the President and Sen
ate over the patronage question!
WITH no ships for sale, there was very little
w reason for the President getting excited
over the shipping bill-but he did.
ENGLAND increases wages to cover the hlgner
II cost of living. Fawncy anything like that
happening under a Democratic administration!
A PAPER that covers its own bailiwick like
n postage stamp hasn't any greal call to crit
else the influence Of neighboring county paper.
THOSE who have never considered the idea OF
l. paying for sunshine will be able to speak
with absolute knowledge after visiting the San
Francisco exposition
THE way dad" BRAMLETr overruied tnat
L Supreme" Court decision at CoPperhlil,
last Saturday, has caused considerable discus
sion in legal circles.
WHEN last seen, that shipping bill was hob
w bling along on three legs and looking as
if il was in need of ourishment-probablya
jigger of grape juice
THE proposition to make States OF the large
L cities is on a par with the one dividing
Texas into twelve States. Still, the former may
have to be done in self-defense.
GAYS the ClobeD Democrat: Senator STONE
- is bitter against Democrats who refuse to
he bound bv the caucus. But he has great re-
spect for Republicans who help the Democrats
A FIRST-CLASS deficit expert who can ex-
n tricate the Democrats at Nashville from
their present financial predcament would be
wined dined and-kicked out when he could be
of no more service
pY SENDING a short, curt note TO Germany
ID and soft, cooling one to England, 1t looks
like the President is trying to see how near ne
can come to drawing this country into war with
out actually doing it, Diplomats are mighty
scarce in the councilsfof this Administration.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-11

cult to make any estimate. In small
towns like Duxbury II might be five ner
cent; in Waterbury II might be ten ney
cent. and in Montpelier might he twenty
per cent. He believed that there wes a
la rye amount of property not now ia Ike
at all. which he believed would come ont
under q fiat rate. In PENNSYLVANIA a fat
rate system was adopted in 1885. when
s14b, 100000 was received from ,%ntanR,bles
In 1910 the receipts on such propertv
amounted TO 1872, 9oo.0D and in 1915 more
than $4,000 Ohio. In Is years with n
property tax like ours, receives 81. nO mo
less on intangibles. Baltimore's income
under a fiat rate has increa sed thirty
fold.
In reply TO a query from Mr.. Hill OF
Waterbury, Mr.. Demeritt explained that
under the abolition of offsets there was a
%shrinkage In many towns OF from seven
to ten per cent, but in 1911 there was
little II any shrinkage. Mr.. Hill thought
that under the proposed bill there would
be material losses in. the grand list.
Mr.. Morse of Hardwick having moved
that the House adjourn. Mr.. Proctor of
Proctor, rising to a question of personal
privilege urged longer sessions in order
to clear up each days business. At 1870?
O'Clock the House adjourned.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-11
RAY COLLINS IN
PINK OF CONDITION
JOINS

Albany. y. Y. March Ray Collins
and Heinie Wagner Joined the Red Sox
special party and so did Lucias Head
who will be President Lannin's business
secretary. Collins looks ever so well, and
is already down to playing weight. m
fact he says he is probably a pound or
two lighter than he was at the close Of
the season last fall. Raw had a fine
winter on his farm at Burlington. VI.
He brought the information that Larry
Gardner was in the hospital AT Burling
ton very recently for a minor operation.
The Red Sox hot-corner man was dts
charged in a couple Of days. cured.
Collins tells of working on hia farm n
few days e with his hired man. and
though IT was only 20 degrees below. d.
vested himself Of his sweater and outer
wraps. He had a long sleigh ride OF IS
miles the day before Yesterday. He and
Manager Bill Carrtgan had a talk and
they 5oked and laughed like a couple of
young college boys.
Collins did not pursue HE special agri.
cultural course at the University Of Yer
mont during the winter. for the course
last winter WAS sufficient for his pur-
poses. Ray Is content, pleased n salts
fed, and looking Onward to the season.
The party which left Boston 10 strong
was increased to % before leaving AL
bany.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-11

with that entire subject at this sitting
but purpose to address myself simply an
solely to this single question:
What powers and duties are devolvec
upon the State board Of education, which
this aot creates. that are not now per-
formed by the State. other through the
present board Of education, or through
Its executive officer. the superintendent
Of education? This also suggests the
further inquiry as to what powers, IL any.
are devolved upon the proposed board
in respect of which there Is now no
provision whatever.
Il find that there are between 50 and gu
different sections of the PROPOSED bill
that refer to the State board Of eduoa.
ton. I will take these up in order; and.
Of course, ] can spend but very little
time on each within the limits Of a rea-
sonably short statement
! He noted that the board were given In
definite instead of limited tenure, tina;
the appointment Of State supervisors was
we'll within the spirit Of the present Law.
that the town unit of school control was
not iron clad in State history. Voca
tional education is made compulsory in
stead Of optional in the high schools
Compulsory health inspection Is a new
feature.
The Hon. Horace F. Graham went into
the financial and, 1t calls for $500, o0
more than has been spent. OF this, $50. oCO
would come by increasing the State tax
from eight to ten cents and $4,000 from
the state treasury. Comparing items Of
expense the bill gives for supervision
10000 instead Of 8, 100; for union superin-
tendents, s1d,CN instead of S3 600: for
teacher training. 10000 in lieu Of $1O750
The State has paid SIC. 90 Of a $12oO0o
cost for transportation. Under the bill
s235 90 Is appropriated for equalizing OPP
portunity. Mr.. Graham said this must
be handled by a board with full power
Its distribution should be according to
need. which cernot he foreseen by a
Legislature. He defended the employ
States frst duty is to primary and sec
ondary schools. He did not think that
the State could afford to help higher edu-
cation. Secretary George L. Hunt di-
rected figures against the normal schools.
The commission, he said. believed In nor
NAL training In one institution in a proper
center. The two normal schools, he as
serted. lacked proper facilities for prac-
I'VE tTu ObseTNhtlOn, dCCOrO1nR TO SCan0-
ards Of other States, He also went into
the cost Of per pupil which seemed 70 the
commission prohibitive. He explained
how the commission gave the normal
schools n proper hearing.
The Hon, Percival W. Clement said
that centralized power was necessary 70,
efficiency. this applies to school admin
istration AZ all others.
Justice John H.. Watson explained tina
they were authorized TO employ expert
assistance and naturally went outside
the State to get dis!nterested experts.
He endeavored to show by quoting the
constitution and citing State history that
the commission followed the traditional
educational policy of the tat
The bill was designed to protect the
rights Of all the people which present
policies somewhat disreser I'd. The various
features of the bfli were defended IN
great detail.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-11

Montpelier. March 4-That there is
was the argument of the educational
commission this evening at the last hear
ing IN II. 10. The similarity between
the bill and existing law was EN-.
phasized. The action of the commits
sion in hiring Carnegie experts in cut
ting off the colleges and normal schools
and in centralizing power OF administra-
ton was defended.
Lieut.. Gov. Hale f.. Darling, who
drafted the bill. showed how much was
taken from the present law, and espe-
ciallY those sections concerning the State
board and commissioner, their powers
and duties. He said that he drafted the
bill early in December. He said In part
Sometime last spring, Judge Watson
told me that the educational commission
desired to have me draft a bill to carry
out the recommendations to be made IN
the commission's report; and | accepted
the offered employment.
AS soon as I was furnished with a
copy Of the report, ] studied it carefully
and in connection with our present school
law as contained in the public statutes
and the acts since passed. 1t seemed ia
me that instead Of having the proposed
bill so framed as to be merely amenda-
tory of particular sections of the pres
ent school laws, it should take the form
OF a complete sde on the subject OF
public Instruction; and in this conclusion
the chairman Of the commission con-
Cured.
IT therefore prepared a draft. sub
stantially as you have It in House
bill No. 40. adhering closely to the
commissions report. and retainine
such parts of tho present law as Were
! not Inconsistent with the
dations of the commission.
This draft wa submitted to the
commission, and has been carefully
reviewed by the chairman, the clerk
and other members. | hin all OF
the members. except Mfr. Vail, have
been present at one or more of the
various sessions held for the purpose OF
considering the biz. Some changes in,
and additions to. my original draft
have been made. as the result of con-
ference and discussion by the commits.
sion, but its general form and scope
have been left intact. Neither In the
preparation of the original draft no.
in its subsequent amendment. was
anything inserted except with the o
currence of the commission And II
all Of my work or the bill. I have tax
er direction from nobody but th'
chairman of the commission. and no
body else has assumed to give me an,
Instructions as to what ] SHOULD In
Clude or omit,
In appearing before the committee
] do not purpose TO argue, either for ol
AGAINST this measure. | have taken tn.
attitude hat IN my present official posi-
lion It would he unbecoming FOR me t.
advocate or Oppose legislation but it ha:
been suggested that ! might. without
improperly. state some facts to the com
mittee. which bear upon a question
which We hear frequently asked in re
gard to the bin. 1t is the subject o.
some inquiry, and properly so, as TO Jus
how much this bill changes the presen
law. I shall NOT nave the time TO dea
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-11
TOSSED 80 FEET BY TRAIN
Edwin Goodwin Hit Mt Randolph-
Back and Head Injured and May
Have Internal Injuries.

Randolph. March 5.-Edwin Goodwin
was struck BY the New England States
Limited about $50 this afternoon. He
was thrown % feet, and received injuries
TO his head n back. miraculously es-
Gaping without breaking legs or arms.
Two ribs We're broken. 1t is not known
tonight whether or not he suffered in
ternal injuries.
With Elton Stevens and Leslie Durkee,
MIR. Goodwin emerged from the Manches-
ter billiard rooms just as the train APP
preached. Mr.. Goodwin attempted to
cross the track. but saw too late and
couldn't make it, and was struck in the
back.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-11
L~YNDONVILLE STUDENT
LOSES ARM TRYING
TO BOARD TRAIN

L~yndonVillc. March 4.-As he attempted
at the Vail electric plant two miles
south of here tonight. Rupert Menut,
aged II was thrown under the cars and
his left arm SO badly crushed that it was
necessary to %aInputate ii at the shoulder
He was also bruised about the head
and one hip. In this condition he crawled
to the home of his uncle, William Hut
Crimson. about 100 feet from the track.
Doctors A. A. Cheney and A. l.. Leon
ard Of this pace and w. j. Aldrich Of
81. J~ohnsbury We're called and performed
the operation at the home OF his uncle.
He has a chance for recovery. Menut Is
q junior of Lyndonville Institute.