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Tombstone epitaph., 1915-05-30
Douglas Team Oisbands

The unfortunate news that Douglas was not able to hold up her end finan- ciaIly in the Rio Grande Ball League V ''ieapcw--'ry -,- or,v n Do-r.as bus all over the county. as we had counted or Douglas making good and sustaining the reputation of CochiSe co nty by carrying of the bacon" buJ it seems times arc too tight in Douglas to support a team IT is un- loItunate because a winning ball team is a wonderful asset for a town.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-05-30
REDUCTIONS 0F 20 PER
 CENT K FREIGHT RATES

PHOENIX May 2-Rcductions averagins 2G per c, n- in exprcss rates to Arizona will go into effect in July s the result of conference today be. tween express officials and the Arizona ( operation Commission.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-05-30
Foot Badly Injured

Marvin Pollock. son of A T. Pollock, of Thatcher, came very near loosing his foot in A hay baler yesterday morning. at his fathers ranch. His foot got caught in the tripper and was dragged through the machine, tearing the flesh to the bone from the toes to above the instep. A doctor was quickly summon ed Sho dressed the wounded foot
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-05-30
EACO SUFFERS FIRE
 DAMAGE SUNDAY

bISBEE May 24.-Fire, late Sun day night. completly destroyed the r,-idence of Mrs. Heilman and Sid burn at Naco. entailing loss about 5000, only small part or tt;s being covered by insurance. Volunteer fireman contributed jealous eTorts with their meageT hTe-hgbting f. rilities, but were almost helpless in ,b face of great difficulties.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-05-30
Recommend Valuation

A valuation of seventy cents per acre for Santa Fe land grants in Navajo county and sixty c=nts for such land in Apache county has been recommend ed by the state tax commission to county assessors.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-05-30
TWO MEN KILLED
 1T JOHNSON MINE

A serious accident occurred in the Eizona United mine at Johnson Thursday morning in which tSo men 5e .iIIed. An ore car got away and ,-asbed into a wing in which the two ,,,n ~ere working. One was killed in .,antlv and the other seriously hurt. The latter was taken to the hospital at Tucson and died shortly after arriving there.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-05-30
Mexican Boy Shoots Himself

On Friday afternoon about two O. clock word was received in Morenci to the affect that a Mexican boy, Jesus Olguin. seven years old. had fatally shot biulsti the accident occurring about bieo rHiieS from MCGenci and near rarnuaT1
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-05-30
Two Mea Arrested

Ed Stewart and Will Britton were arrested a; Saford. charged with set ting fire to the ranch of Frank W. Andrews in ArIsa, Tuesday morning. on compla int of Mir. Andrews.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-05-30
Worry VIII XII . Cat.

A good philosopher says: Never worry today; put 1t of until tomorrow which never comes" Some people beat that: they let the other fellow do all the vorTying.-Paiestine herald
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-05-30
FIVE TONS GF RICH GOLD
 ORE SHIPPED BY BRICK %.

PHOENIX. May 2l.-F've tons Of rich gold ore from the Brick Gold Min ing company property six m'!es north of Phoenix. have been shipped by Manager Jack White. to ore o. the Douglas Smcltcrs. White has bcSn steadily developing the Erick for srv- eral years and il is believed Jha, he will soon have a paving mine.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-05-30

Jack White wl fa- several sears the sheriff ai Cooa,se county. auc has been mining ever since he Ietr Tombstone. His frieu1s all hope ,h,s nill pan ouI hig Tor aIm.
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GreateXSanitariuIn.

A review Of s. work done by the
Chamber of CoHmerce would not
have been conf pete without some
thing concerning the Waxahachie
sanitarium, and sno one could have
presented that Question more ably
than Pat w. Sinls. Mr.. Sims said
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-07

Twill make large cities.
But I will SPEAK mainl Of the
pride OF the county. This ) waxa-
hachie
Beginning with i small lhumber OF
people it grew to be lar beautiful
town Churches were hit. Insti-
buttons of higher lear1 ing brouEalt
here and many other I'M hss that ben
lefit my people.
Railroads were rofstructed con-
meeting her with the foutside world.
In 1901 cotton mill was moor
porated.s This mill low employs two
hundred people. uses five thou
sand bales Of eotqn annually.
| Coed roads wei early introduced.
There lies three hundred miles If
them, like grea white ribbons all.
over me, conne/ hing the hub, waxa
haehie, with 4 e rim Of the whes
the other towfs.
My land il valued az on the er-
age of 81 hundred dohar per
acre.
My taxef have increased I'M So
to ssoo.Yb 3d.
Ny PEOPLE are increasing by leaps
and boufds-
In thk face of these ia IS who can
say VIII It the nturcwiII Fold for me-
I predict great are BIZ happiness,
prosperity and good eeIing for all
yearjto come
S1bnld not you mention some-
whefe that Ellis the largest cot
ton producing coYf ~ IN the worldg
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cans who wefe gradually pushing
westward we're the first u make
any permanent colonies.
These Americans were harshl,
treated by the Mexican q kernmen'
end they revolted | the belonge.
to free people. The Tex hs as the,
will now be called in tuf annexed
themselves to the United .ctcs.
In 1850 my POLITICAL boundaries
were fixed at about sii} Il By thirty
miles. ran practically rom Trinity
river TO Chambers crl h. was
named Ellis county liter Mr.
Richard Ellis Zone of he signers Of
the declaration of I'M pendencc)
Ny pioneer scttle was Mr.
Hove. He settled Ear where tho
town Forreston now Islands.
Before 1850 Their were very fen
people on me. Buf after that tins
in and settled me nd where people
congregate eivilizI lion is bound ts
come.
When | was Eanizcd there was
about one hundfed people on my
soil.
But these pei pie had to be gov
erned- A cou1 house was built a
IA place nearly in my center at i
place called hxahachie. In few
years this smj i court house got to-
small and a Harger one was built
Even this dif not Keep up with the
rising tide kof civilization and II
course of u he great granite ed,
flee was erltted that is the pride o.
my people.
Where here are people they will
congregat@ together for social inter
course. numerous towns sprang M
Ennis. forreston, Palmer, Boyee
Midlotht n and numerous Others
were b1l lit These PAGES grew larg-
er and farger and in course Of time
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My name is M n Ellis county. II
has not always een Ellis county.
For many humid IDS of years HAD
no name at all. kbeing only very
small part of / b immense stretch
of land bounded bnly by the Pacific
and Atlantic ocd ms.
My history bed IN, probably a mil
lion years ago was then the bed
of great ocea that extended far
back in the intooor Of what is now
known as Ameri
For hundreds years nc one but
wandering bands pf Indians and the
animal life OF I II plains inhabited
me.
II was only ouplc OF hundred
years ago that ttere were no poll
tical boundaries.
Time has prked wonderful
changes on every hing.
! have been eli med in turn by i
number of count5 es. Spain first
took me from the Indians. But they
they were not Progressive people
and gave me France. The
French We're no mi re successful and
went back TO Snt in. Mexico next
claimed me but ode no greet at
tcmpts to COLOMBO ne. The Amcri-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-07

the annual ~ etins 0. the menu
!, ,ers Of Wax4h Fhie Chamber Of
Commences WAS eid last night on
+ ne TOOL garaen the Hotter hogeFs,
shere 2 represe satiSe body Of the
business men q Waxahaenie re-
hected =. ? lding as president
p the Chamne4 OF Commerce and
selected direcerate OF fourteen
: men TO carry 81 the work OF the
aup. Harmony prevailed through
mS fne session itaough there was
: contest Tor once OF presi~
lent. Inc NAM OF , T. Spaiaing,
4. ~ refers az W. ~ Mineey
we're sugeested' Aa eaeh o. these
7 gentlemen aske4 that tReir names
e withdsAwn friends ins's'ed
hat they stand w. election and Z
! fote was taken th the result that
MI. spaidine va reelected to tn
lace Of presfdenA which he has Ill
= "a 50 well during the year Just
traWing 70 ciuse
BY 2 vote 4 T. decided to re-
luce the numoeh of directors from
y nineteen 20 fonrssen and com
nittee composed rf G G Groee,
no. =. Mchae asd y. D. Floyd
: vas appointed g make nomina-
IONS ior oiree.ors "hlie the con-
niltee was mahlhs up hst o.
lanes ~ re suoinhted IS directors
= ne ciuD memoefs were ehteftaliea
/ WIN taiA uy hoa Lee SuaiVe'
I sho KNOWS no" z aeiish' an ao-
/ nence On any ocfssloh' re re-
+ ounlsa tne man soou 'hlhss az
'oi1 p'ishea ny 'ho yiailper o. Noii'-
= nefce ahd said h eohhoeH'iy eN-
,sceeu sacaeei uuiihe ihs
7 'onnns year
nfectofs Na'neo'
" Tue comm't'ee y nominations
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R[I|ENI OF THE YEARS. WORK
Shows Club Has Been Active at All Tines and Much
Good Has Been Accomplished Secretary
Schut Fer Gives Detailed Report d Money
1 Handled During Year.

forth the ann funcement that
committee had 1een appointed to
draft same, andAa request was made
that such eomls ttee report at next
meeting OF the klub
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Catholic riety Meets.

ST. PAUL. jMinn.. Aug. Sew
eral hundred German Roman Cath
oIics were j st. Paul today 10 at
tend the Annual convention OF the
German oman Catholic society
opening morrow.
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breakfast for few days and your kidneys will
then act fine. his famous salts is made from
the acid Of grapes and lemon Juice, combined
with iithia, and has been used for generations
to clean clogged kidneys and simulate them
to normal activity, also to neutraliee the acids
in urine, it no longer is a source of irritation
thus ending bladder weakness.
lad salts Is Inexpensive cannot iniure. makes
delightful efEervescent Whitewater drink. which
everyone should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean aud active. Druggists here saw
they sell lots of lad Salts to folks Who believe q
overcoming kidney trouble while il Is ouly
trouble.
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AS has been he custom the direc-
tors of the Cl mber of Commerce
will at meeti to be held soon Sc
lect secretary for the ensuing year.
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forth the anf3uncement that a
committee had 1een appointed TO
draft same, andI request was made
that such CONN., ttee report at next
meeting OF the giub.
For Gobi of Order.
When the bsxiness of the even
ms had thus Aeu dispensed with
a time was devEted to speech-mak-
Ing for good q the order. which
proved very Interesting. One of
the first speakdfs introduced vas
Joe Cohen. latesof New York, who
took occasion "a say that it was
with great ia OF pleasure that
he could ANNOUNCE TO the people OF
Waxahaehie thaE he had tired of
his wanderings snd had come back
to stay ia tile best town he ever
lived IN lie Sid fellow didn't
know how to Eappreciate Waxa-
hachie until he Dad been away a
while This an ouncement was re
eeiYed with heaSy applause
Or. S. l.. Ho&beak was another
speaker who took occasion 10 praise
the work of th& Chamber OF Com
meree and citizen OF Waxahachie for
timely aid in matng Trinity summer
normal studentsffeel perfectly at
home during thor stay in. the city.
He said there wal no doubt that last
ing good had 4een accomplished
through this 10 ium for he had
heard many teaghers say they GER
tainiy would ng5praises of the Trim
ity normal. He taid it was the pur-
pose of The management Of Trinity to
keep the summef normal before the
people until il IA grown to huge
proportions TIA speaker also sug-
gested the idea ii securing an agri-
cultural department for the univeT-
sity, saying he ltlieyed that such 4
department wouk fill long felt
want III the blacA land belt He said
the A. and NJ Eohege was located
III a sandy land 0puntry and that the
experiments theH might not prove
the best in even instance for this
particular sectioA OF the country He
said the univer4y ought to have 4
1o0-acre tract pf this black waxy
land for demonstration purposes and
that chair of agriculture ought to
h, aJTad IN fbnxstuswarcitx, caureR IS
study in order 4 equip farmer boys
in this section Sof Texas for their
work The ideaAnet with the hearty
approval of tbo# present.
terSSanitariuEu.
A review Of tke work done by the
Chamber of CoHmerce would not
have been comFle without some
thing concerning the Waxahachie
sanitarium, andXno one could have
presented that Question more ably
than Pat w. Sins. Mr.. Sims said
j
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-07

he placed ch3isoan education at tho
top OF the lis b thought II grand
work to be krih for the sick. He
told how thu idea OF building sani-
tarium in Hax4hachie originated
within the 'hamber OF Commerce
and how il had been fostered and
protected that organization dur
ing it's inf, hey. IA complied report
showed tina the anitsrrum has been
seif-sustain hg 10 TO the present
time. He gave q statement of the
receipts ar disbursements through
the eight a ID half months the sani-
tarium hasIbeen running. which was
"a most exc llent one. Such a report
reflects crd Dit upon the management.
Father ealey was another sreak-
er who ma e very interesting talk
and who bsured the business men
assembled hat IT would be a pleas
ure and a by to work with them in
any way pdksib,e for the general up
building of kWaxahachie.
Mayor u Il. Prince had good
word for til officers and for the men
who had sen Jed so faithfully through
out tho yea& on the various commit
tees. He Sd ID 1t was a work that re-
quired sa $itice OF time. but which
had been ldbked after without COM
plant.
w. Il. Coz the newly elected rep
resentative II om Ellis county, was in
troduced and said ii was the source
of much pleasure to be associated
with the busikess men of Waxahachie
in putting fot h effort to upbuild the
town. He akured the membership
of its heartfelt cooperation in ev-
cry way possible.
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HISTORY on ELLIS COUNTY.

EDITORS BORE: Below is a
prize paper in t e department of En-
glish written Oscar Harris. a
high school puN il. under the sub
title of my All Pbiography.'D
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start Ne4yem's Work.
watern Ion Feast.

After the. busi ess OF, the evening
had been dispen9 bed With and talks
made those preseNt proceeded TO en-
10, watermelonI feast prepared for
them by Managed Harrison OF tho
Hotel Rogers. Tle melons were cold
and sweet and e%rs one present en-
Jcycd Tie treat FClgars we're passed
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Will Na ne Secretary.

and every one present had good
time.
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secr4ary's Report.

ri
While the &ection of q president
and directors y was an important
event, greates1 interest was center
ed about the annual report made by
Secretary c. Et Sehuster, who has
served in that capacity for period
of eleven months In his report he
endeavored TO live a resume of the
activities of the Club during his term
of office. The REPORT was lengthy,
but interesting Throughout because
il gave a detailed account OF the
many undertakings of the Chamber
of Commerce. nd even emitting the
things which di not prove wholly
successful. II WI Is one of those con
else reports whith give clear in
sight TO the work. hgs of the club.
In the outset the report showed
that the Chambertof Commerce dur
ing the year draH tng to close had
devoted a greater part of its time to
work along agrieu& tural lines with d
view of aiding th4 farmer, believing
that anything that hs,ps the farmer
will help the town S we'll.
The report shoeed that the de-
mand for a cotton warehouse had
been met throughF the work of the
Chamber of CommHc and that now
there we're amplet storage facilities
for holding the coton of Ellis coun-
~. 1t likewise tQd how the buy
a-bale" movementE had been endors-
ed and aided in tery possible way.
Further that the tcotton reduction
caucus had been Instrumental in get
ting the cotton acreage reduced in
Ellis county duri4g the present year.
The matter of y classification had
been agitated tot 1.-THE extent thk a
vast amount of Forage and feed
stuffs, as we'll al great amounts of
vegetables had teen grown in the
various districts III the county.
State Ctbn Show.
Too much eanlpt be said for the
value of the ANNUAL meeting Of
the Texas Corn Growers Associa-
ton, who held their annual corn
show in Waxahacfte and brought IA
strong array of talent on its pro-
gram The reportS of the secretary
showed that despite the ipclement
weather many farmers attended
this meeting and Saw the wisdom
of purchasing impIbved seed. The
result of this act ION the part of
Ellis county farme& is cumulative
and the amount OF good that will
come from it will nkver be definite
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~ known. but it worth while to
get Ellis county, Farmers interest
ed in securing god seed.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-26

totally dumb Old woman with cross
grained disposition. Yes. she had seen
young woman get OF the train at a
station back there She didn't know If
the station was Farnville or not. but
the giri had rice in the brim of her nat
June Warner. alone on the station
platform. had grappled meantime with
the first problem of her independence.
That problem had TO do with the
means of getting TO New York. and 1t
was concretely expressed In her beau
tifuI little gold watch.
In the meantiue Neds train had
drawn up at the next stop. and he had
the station master in Farnville in a
minute and was inquiring for lonely
bride
why. yes" husRily shouted the sta
ton master at Farnville. "a young per
son of that description has been loaf
ing around here on the platform. aud
she's just getting on the down local. .
reported the station master. shes
with tall fellow with pointed black
whiskers. Hes helping ner on the
train"
A black vandyked stranger. Ned
almost reeled So that was why she
had left the train!
stop them he yelled But the
The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-26

TuTnea eyes. anu uelu out his cIawnEe
little palm Ned. beamIng with kindly
good will. placed u coin in the out
stretched palm and put his hand III
benediction on the head OF June for il
was she. and not the wan little boy
who stood there piteonsly begging
What wonderful scene was this \
bleak wild country with huge. strange
birds flying over il and no human hah
itation IN sight. There were human
creatures, though. two of them-a big.
ponderous jawed savage with matted
hair. who carried an enormous club
over one shoulder Behind him trudg
ed a smaller figure, woman With
matted hair hanging to her waist In
her nose was a ring. and TO this ring
was attached Il leather thong. the 9th
er end of which was in the man :
hand. He was taking home his bride.
Music. the wedding march. the little
gray, ivy hung chapel at Brynport
Was that Ned coming down the aisle:
Was that June just behind him: Was
there leather thong in Ned's hand:
Oh: Was the other end of that
thong
There was sudden jolt and screech.
ing noise. rattle and a bang and the
sound of kissing steam. June Warner
jumped wildly TO her feet and gazed
around the little compartment There
were the flowers. the boxes of candy
the scattered rice. Comprehension
came to her slowly. for she was still
half in her dream. The train had
stopped She Suatched mp her cloak
jumped up on ine seat and brought
down the paper bag which confirmed
her prim little travelling hat: then she
jcrked open the door In the opening
she stopped with sudden flash OF
memory. Neds money. the first of his
generous bounty. the first of her pay
for being Ned's wife! She jerked II
from her belt. threw the three bills or
the seat. ran down the steps. jumped
TO the ground and sped across the
tracks to the opposite platform. She
had no idea of where she was going
but anywhere would do.
As the train started TO pull out she
had a mad impulse to run after ii t.
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is dead. Station masters ar,

phone was dead Station masters ar,
busy people.
train thundered ina down train.
Ned looked ar the bulletin board. The
New York express. 1t agiyed in New
York at the same time rs the local
The first passenger To board that train
was a perspiring faced Ayoung man.
swinging four pieces or white ribboned
luggage.
June. paying but little attention TO
the man who had helped her. turned
nervousIy into the car. day coach
and viewed the interior with despair.
In that coach there were only two pas
sengers. a man and woman. sitting
together.
Would you like to buy a watch :"
invited June in her smallest voice as
she confronted the rigid woman and
held out her merchandise.
No returned the woman without
moving a muscle. Only her feather
The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-26
PAYING MERCANTILE
BUSINESS FOR SALE

A splendid mercantile business, in
cluding groceries, furniture, drygoods,
ETC., in large country town, with fine
surrounding territory, for sale at a
bargain. Will invoice about $4,000,
but can be reduced if party does not
want to invest that much. Did S28,-
900 business last year. Owners
health is failing and must get out. If
interested, call on or write the Ocala
Star. sat-3-24-4ts
The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-26
FRECKLE-FACE

Now is the Tine to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots
Do you know how easy it is to re-
move those ugly spots so that no one
viii call you freckle-face
Simply get an ounce of othine
double strength, from your druggist.
and a few applications should show
you how easy it is TO rid yourself of
freckles and get a beautiful complex
ion. The sun and winds of February
and March have strong tendency to
bring out freckles, and as a result
more othine is sold in these months
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine, as this is sold under guarantee
of money back if it fails to remove
the freckles.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-26
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs

Ocala Lodge No. 19. Conventions
held every Monday at 1880 p. m, at
Castle Hall, over the James Carlisle
drugstore. A cordial welcome to Wis
iting brothers.
Charles Goddard, C. C,
Chas. K. Sage, K. of r. s. AID
The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-26
ocALA LODGE No. 2se. B. P.o. E.

Ocala Lodge No. 2Ss, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks. meets
the second and fourth tuesday even
ings in each month. Visiting breth-
rem always welcome Club house
opposite postoffice, east SIDE
David s. Willilms, e. r.
L. W. Harley, Secretary. Ad