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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28
DISTRICT COURT WILL
CONVENE HERE MONDAY
SEVERAL MURDER CASES WILL
CLAIM ATTENTION OF
THE COURT.
Interest Is Centered About the }, X.
4. and stacy Powers Cases
and the johnnie
johnson Case.

District court win convene here
on Monday for the fall term, and
there is promise Of ali interesting
term. There are already several
murder cases on the doekct for trial
aud the grand jury will probably in
yestigate some four or five other
murder cases On the docket at
present interest is conferred about
the ] r, A. Powers and Stacey
Powers cases, each charged by in
dictment in two eases with the MUIR
der of ] NJ McCarty and Travis
NcCarty MeCarty and his son.
Travis, wer killed al sardis early
last spring Indictments were re-
turned at the May term Of court. but
on account OF the illness OF leading
counsel fer the defense the eases
were continued until the fan terra
OF court
Another case which is claiming
considerable attention is that Of
Johnnie Johnson. colored, who is
charged BY Indictment with the mur-
der OF Jack Jones, who was killed at
the Jackson garage on February %
Of the present year His is d com-
panion case to that Of Joe Larkins,
who was hanged here on April II.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28

At the Dixie theatre on tenor
row, one OF the best productions Of
the year, the 7-reel Se.ig Hes Seal
Play. 1.-THE ROSARY, wiii he pre-
scented. Seldom before has the mo-
ton picture screen shown such 3
finished production. both from the
dramatic and artistic standpoint.
Critics have declared II 70 he one
OF that rare class which can just
~ be called masterpieces The
story. which has for its chief char
acters Father Kelly. priest. a
young man and bis wife. is too sell
known TO need Any retelling II Ii
sufficient TO say that In Finn i does
justice to both the novel and tie
play. Kathlyn Williams, Charles
Clary. Wheeler Oakman. Frank
Clark and Eugene Besservr are
among the well-knowm fayorites
who appear In the cast.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28
WOMEN 70 TELL WHAT THEIR
VOTES HAVE ACCOMPLISH Ef

PEORIA H. October Is What
wonen's votes have done and cas- do
TO better conditions in Illinois. VAS
expected b be the principal subject
for discussion by delegates to tbe
slate convention o. the Illinois Eausl
Suffrage association here today AA
sorts Of politicians have been invited
90 attend and ten the women wh4
they think about suffrage.
The raising Of e lborty furd
Tor the purpose 81 gslnus fuH rf-
.rage for he women o. Illinois al
be PROPOSED The plan is 10 start
getting MONEY nos SO ehen De csa.-
paign Tor constitutional inoudmoai
either through constitutional co.'s.
fention COZ by direct amendment
"a hy the legislature fs All hand. ths
state sulfmge association Nfu b. r.
nanac'any prepared "a crrv ii
through 90 "a sacfeeI 0f eonelr4 ID.
Experience in other aiatos eh.fa t..
campaign for the ballot ass reral
'hroueh nst W naa h l,f .
officials of Use ulaos o..t.a
So taf forfhanded mose
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28

John Doe. No. lo4. abandoned
child. aged four. whose parents IL
is believed. live in Philadelphia, has
become an heir TO millions. because
Mrs. Finley j. Shepard. who was
Miss Helen Gould, WORTH perhaps
$40. 600, 600 from the fortune LETT
by her famous father. has adopted
him. The Shepards have no chill
9ren John Doe was found on the
back steps of st. Patricks Cattle
oral in New York by policeman
about year ago lie gave his name
SO far as he could be understood as
Austin McIeary. He talked OF
Broad street and mumbled about a
ride on q train. big boat, and a
railroad in air So II vas thought
he had been taken from Phil
adelphia. However, no trace of his
parents was found there He was
sent to ST. Christopher Home at
Dobbs Ferry. near the home OF the
Shepards, and Mrs. Shepard adopted
him. Now he is Finley ] Shepard
Jr lie has found not only a father
end mother, but fortune and
social position.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28
GREAT DAMAGE 10 VENICE
CLAIMED BY GERMAN REPORT.

BERLIN. Oct. 2s-A dispatch
from Vienna claims that great dam
age was done b Austrian airmen
In the pombariinent OF Venice Mon
day and Tuesday Numerous fires
we're started by incendiary bousbs
dropped Monday night aud these
we're still raging when the airmen
revisited the city Tuesday morning.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28
On Pleasure Ride.

Following the adjournment OF
the business session members 81 the
Chamber Of Commerce took the Yis-
itors on a ride over the Ellis
county pixies 10 sardis where they
we're greeted by Mr.. J A. Morris
and Misses Margaret Watson and
Sarah VIM, teachers Of the public
school. and shown through the new
school building, that was patterned
after the model school house The
superintendent were pleased with
the roads and with the new school
building,
On their return trip the party
stopped at euriin's drug store
where a vietrola program was rem
dered and refreshments served.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28

Chicago Grain.
Local Market.

The waxahachie dealers are pay
ing the following prices for country
produ today
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28

~ cst IS Return
~ -. As11is iate yesterday after
srieun - - Antnaio. xhcse be
tola1srrod Win Major General
1@r5xk Funston relative 70 bor-
~ noutle, oovernor Ferguson is
ned procsAnatior Offering e re-
xar1 ~ N. 900 in American gold
for as1ent and detention 81 Aacieia
fixanc or I-uis dc Il Rosa ansl
1leir delivery. dead Or alive, 70 any
1hnrid ii the state Of Texas fi-
kno ana De Ia Rosa are the slleg-
- leaders Of the bands which Ease
be<n commItting recent numerous
grimes % Texas soil in the lower
Rio urande country
The governor in his proclamation
makes appeal TO Mexican citizens oil
Texas to render aid. TO American
&nthorities IL restoring peace along
ithe border
or ia the news while It Is news
always read the Daily Light.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28

When the bowels become frregn-
lar YOU are uncomfortable and the
longer this condition exists ihe worse
YOU feel You can get rid Of this
misery quickly By. using HEaHlNE.
Take a dose on going TO bed and
see how fine you feel next day Price
soc Sold By curlin's two drug
stores. Adv
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28
MASS MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT
MAYOR PRINCE calls CITIZENS
TO MEET To rsi.k on FRANZ
nc CHARTER.
INTEREST IS SHOWN
People Throughout The City Have
rxb,bi,ea Intense Interest In
Conditions Of schools.

Mayor r. -. Prince requests the
Light 10 publish call for sener-
al mass meeting OF the voters OF
Waxahachie 10 meet at the court
house Monday evening az 80
O'Clock for the purpose Of discuss
ing the proposition 81 naming Q
commission for the purpeao OF
drafting a charter for the city, Also
Il Is possible that some fifteen 20
thirty names viii be proposes. as
suitable men from which 70 select
such commission. It Is important
that this matter be determined and
the Mayor urges those interested u
the city's welfare TO attend TIL.
lmeeting. The cali Is as follows.
Call for Mass Meeting.
The citizens OF Waxahaehie are
hereby called to meet in a genera
mass meeting at the court house OF
Monday, Nov i at 1Sa O'Clock foi
the purpose of framing charter
commission for the city Of WaNa
hachie. and if advisable sugeest th'
! names Of men TO compose such
commission
Il. b. PRINCE. Ma or.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28

FOR membership in the association
r. b. Parker. Fannin, J 4 At
kins. Limestone; q. p station. Van
zandt
Mckinney vas named as the next
place OF meeting of the association.
4 vote Of thanks was rendered
superintendent G. 3. Vim. Trim
It's University. w. s. Ely. the Cham
Der OF Commerce and others for
eourtesies extended.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-28

E0r Ia the news While It Is nevf
always read the Daily Lsgh-
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Of people the world over are praying for
peace DO they stop to consider inc
conception of n Supreme Being "n'oh
HIS implies
" they ASK Goo to bring about peace.
they ne.leye He can DO so, and VIII 90
20 beoa ,,a~ .hev ask Him but what sovt
~ a bort would He be who having ING
bower 20 plt a step 20 the present AWsN
slaughter ami suffering ~refrained 'rom
doing 80, or waited TO be begged 20 ~.
n lie can stop It and does not II u 10
Who continues it for purposes OF Hn
own.
II such be the case IL 1t not toiiy'
knowing nothing Of those purposes, 70
try to persuade Him to give either slu
victory or to terminate the conflict TIL
rs purpose is accomplished? Does any
one really believe that except so iar IS
they affect the minds of men all tnese
prayers for victory or for peace ca"
nave. or ought to have. the slightest IN
nuence ON the final outcome.
LAyMAN.
WAsHiNGroN. u C., July 30.
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The Immortal Universe.

To ruE EpiroR OF THE SrN-Sir' Your
contributor wv. ]. W" would readil,
concede p discussion Of immortality that
would eliminate every 'reiigious' view.
bu, ne insists II cannot be treated with
out reference to the Deity What Is
the Deity IL not a religious conception
II God Is the existing universe, as
many thinkers believe, without beginning
and without end. when could lie have
had "a definite and orderly plan ~
view" as Wv. j. w" SO inrocently
declares" And when will that plan, so
~curiously begun. he completed when He
who IL without end comes TO an end
Mans Immortality ~ % course merely
a part of the immortality Of the universe.
Since we can have no provahle KNOW
edge of anything outside tho percep-
ton Of human senses as organized IN
the mind, We can have no knowledge OF
the form hat mans immortality will
take. We have as many different con-
ceptions Of II as there are conceptions
Of God through religions but concep-
tons Of that sort are not provable. I'm
mortality is a hope about which every
man Is free to exercise his own fancy
in his own way, RfLiGlosrs.
New YORK. July 81.
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A Sensible Girls Ideas About Clock
Work.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir: In
the late issues ~ Your paper there have
been severl. letters IN your column
IN regard t. stenoeraphers, employers,
wages. Sc. From personal observation
! do not thlnk the average employer is
moons. derate, To my mind The great
trouble lies in the fact that too many
st~cnographers are what | term Clock
workers. That is, they come in at a
certain hour and, regardless Of urin.
lshcd work. insist IN leaving Al a reEg-
lar nour They seem to he afraid Of
working more than they receive pay for.
Any one In amy line Of work only re-
ceivcs what she : worth and no more,
There arc ~ an times any number OF
high saltricd positions open. for ther.
H. = scarcity OF good Steuographsrs
II q Fsw more ~ our s'euographs"s
would stay a Lutte later until the DAY.
work is entirely h0'Shsd and not he
o'clock workers. they would soon reali1.
that they were appreciated and paid
accordingly. These matters should ha
considered As part 81 the work We ara
paid for doing, NOT As the inronsiderate-
ness ~ employers. S~TESoGRAFHER.
BRIw,EruRr. Conn. July 30.
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To THE EDITOR or THE sunni why
do people persist In carrying waI!ets IN
their hip pockets? -.
In to-day'S SrS A cominuter on 'nc
Erie complains that he was Jos'Ieu w
n~lckuocNets and that two hours later
he discovered his wallet missing iroi"
It's place in his hip pocket.
An old Bit OF stage business when al
WAYS pets a laugh In a rural COMEDY
Is for "A farmer To dig out MS Waiic'
from his hip pocket. From tlfne I'M
memorial It has been a "rube' tradition
of the stage 10 carry q red wallet IN 4
hip pocket.
Aside from the bulging p~rotuberance
caused by carrying a wallet IN u mp
potkst. the easiest spot for a p~ickpochet
10 detect It. and the fact that a rat
,~orL,,hook causes the coat to hang
badly, il Is aiding pickpockets because
4, Is placing temptation directly before
them.
There is only one proper place 20
carry a wallet. and that Is In the inside
pocket of ones coat. ! must confess
that | nm not an authority on well nlleu
wallets. but | remember the sage adVlce
given me many years ago BY the treas
urcr OF the Baruum & Bailey Circus a
man used to rough work on the circus
lot, and evidently familiar with ali
tricks OF Grattcrs.
had been sent from the local offcct
Of the Barnum & Bailey company to
South Brooklyn to bring back 5000 III
currency. II was quite n bulky roll.
son" said the trens sur as | seemed
in doubt jjist where to carry II ana
started to feel toward my hip pocket II
see II Il would lit, "doat ever carry any
money In your h,p pocket. That's the
softest pick.ugs evcr icnown for circus
pi~ckpucke;s. And don't put II In -FOUR
J inside coat pocket either. They jostc
YOU In a crowd. one man gets behind
YOU and ne reaches around your NECK
and grabs tho money while two othe'
| men hold o No. there's only one
place to carry money. Keep Il in a roll
with a rubber band around X. dig II
down In Your right hand trousers pocket
ald !" you eycr feel some ono crowd No
YOU. keep your right hand IN thai pocket
on tn" money. Then you viii never !osc
IL. And as FOR a wallet, use !; TOT
papcrs r. YOU want u. hut don't evoi
put a dollar IN a wallet. Keep your
bills under your right and in you.
trousers pocket, ara you'll never h'
robbed
II the Erie commu;cr who was robbie
VIII have a tailor sew up the hip pockets
Of his trousers he Will never be robbie
again in the same place.
WILLIAM A. PAGE.
NV YopE. Julv 30.
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The subject Of Greatest interest
tn the Human Mind.

We print to-day n number of addi-
tional letters about the immortality
of mans personal existence. The re
markable discussion which FOR sev-
eral sundays has filed columns of
space on this page is for the present
brought to n close.
We say for the present, because en-
perlence has taught us over n owe
again that among the almost INFINITE
variety Of questions which enlist the
intellectual activities of II readers
this question. Does death end all for
the individual: Is NJ supreme AMI
ipexhaustible interest. We have been
unable to publish much more than A
respectable fraction Of the commnni'
cations It ELECTS. No single topic su-'
Restcd by the tremendous events oil
the greatest war the world over saw
has brought 10 The SUN 80 many
letters during the same time as TINS
eternal mystery of mans destiny. We
commend the fact tn the considera'
ton Of those students II the art al
newspaper making who believe thai
the telegraph line. overland or under
sea. holds always and OK oificio the
first place in the appeal to con'em
%poraneous human interest.
Is the soul ndisrerprihle: Hn'
man an immortal spirit inserted Into
q mortal body. from which II -
partel at death: Is annihilation OH
common destiny; Here are the dir
ferent pbrnsinGs ~ that eternal prob
lem. that problem ever clamoring fol
attention. before which I,ea son il
helpless II not dumb and only Fnitt
can with confidence speak.
"On no subject" wrote GoLpwI,
SMITH to this newspaper eight year.
ago this August. does one who Il
not a man of science or n philosopher
feel more Intensely his deficiency ant
his need Of having his paths lighteC
by the perfectly free while reveren
inquiry"
And although each attempt to ligh
the pathway mny carry the seekin!
mind no nearer tn that conclusion
which Reason constantly strives {
. reach without the aid " Faith, ",
are sure that eight years hence
twenty years hence. fifty years hence
be the world then tranquil or ndame
the readers NJ The SIN viii he con
tinuing with undated interest thi
perfectly free while rpvprent inquiry.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SrS-Sir: To
the many answers already given To
W. g. Ross may add the following?
When one says: 81 douht or ! deny the
existence Of God" he afirms an ac, Of
mis- " intelligence II in consequence
the existence Of hat intelligence. In
affirming the existence OF his intelli-
gence he afiirms all that Is essential for
such existence. lut intellipence is in
conceivable without the Ineligible or
some object capable Of being known,
Now the Ineligible must he being.
real being, since that which liz not can-
not hc understood.
The abstract, in that II Is the all
stract, is nothing and therefore not An
object Of knowledge, There can then be
no abstract without the real
The possible as possible is merely tho
power or ability of the real and is APP
prehensihlc only in that power or sbil-
.ty. Consequently to the reality of m
telligence real being is essential.
nut this real being IL either noccs-
sary or contingent, II the former the
existence Of God is asserted. II the
latter again the existence of necessary
being Ia asserted since 'numerus actu
inhnitus rcpugnat,' THOMAS FERRY,
NEW YoRk, July 30.
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Molecular Structures Of Protopiasm.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUNNI; |
agrec with Mr.. O'Malley that whatever
is is necessary there is not anything
that is not necessary. This seems TO
eliminate contingent things. rcfus"
to endow a thing that does not exist with
any possibilities or capacities whatever.
Mr.. O'Malley seems TO assert a iimeless,
spaceless being. | am unable, from his
description. 20 assign any meaning TO
any OF the three words Infinite" or
eternal or "being.'
Mr.. Ferris denies that there is such
n thing as "A point In infinite space.
There are points. positions, in this room.
and this room Is in space.
II seems to me that the question
What - life? ought to precede a ron
sidoration OF immortality. The Com
monwealth OF Massachusetts still. / be-
lieve, teaches that life is a state Of
matter or. more fully expressed. living
matter is matter. Of a certain kind. in 4
certain state, just as burning or mag
netic matter is. Life is a process. not
an entity. on this view, to ask what
becomes OF the life when a man dies 10
like asking what becomes Of the COM
bustion when a match burns out or what
becomes OF the motion when a wheel
stops revolving.
The physicists seem likely TO triumph
III NH'lT tsstItlpH Una lltTt are bUHN Nv
Independent entities. matter and force,
Space and TIM seem TO he hla nix forms.
abstracts, OF eN%istences and sequences,
rather than actual entities. Motion is
clearly impossible apart from something
that moves so Is not independent. And
life. mind. soul. spirit. ghost, shada. cor
sciousnessH All the real violence seems
10 point 10 the conclusion hat this il a
kind of phosphorescent CLEAN, AZ ephem-
eral epiphenomenon rather than an
independent. eternal entity.
| am myself constrained to regard al
sentient beings as masses ~ conscious
matter. In the ultimate auslyss II
seems 70 he a choice between this and
disembodled spirits. Matter know
living matter | know, conscious matte
! know but lifc and consciousness as
entities. life and consciousness except as
occasional properties, attributes. acc
dents Of matter, life and consciousness
apart from a certain molecular struc.
ture of ~protoplasm? The evidence IS
ridiculously, grotesquely inadequate,
W {. RosE.
ASHLAND, Mass. July 80.
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The "unuttcrnble Craving" Of All the
Ages.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. The
letter ~ wv. j. W. In THE Sun of July
is trenches closely on II proof of inn
mortality, published years ago i'm your
columns, OF which | am the author
Briefly stated It IL that IL the logic Of
the existence NJ practically all known
desires OF the human ego lies In the pos
sibilliy az their qualification, which is
universally admitted, is t At all con-
ceivable that the qualification OF that one
single "Wcltverlangen.' that one passion
Of the soul evidenced In the hieroglyph-
les and other records OF dim antiquity Z.
that one unuttcrablr craving OF the
heart, growing stronger and stronger and
yet more overpowcring with every CEN
tury-is II conceivable. | ask. that this
should he the one solitary exception to
this great law uf human existence?
Emphaticdlly no!
II this simple argument to establish
the fact of the immortality OF the soul
Is at all conclusive, it would require
hut u short stop from that, in "A similar
course OF reasoning. to prove that God
does exist and that, 1t is in Him that
We have this immor,ality.
EMILE rICKHARpr.
~isrLNGToH. Mass, July 30.
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spondent concludes tina, there can Re 10

infinite being.
Now the infinite Is in its very con-
ccpt the antithesis OF the finite. the re-
pudiation OF Limitation of every kind.
II, thcuetore. an Infinite being can 20
proved to exist. IL will follow that ZIG
Axists outside OF tho order OF space. q
pure spirit In Other words. and OUTSIDE
OF the order Of time. e;srna..
That the INFINITE exists Is proved by
this simple process: Something exists,
therefore something has always existed /.
for something cannot proceed from
nothing. But what has always existed
Is eternal, ~self-exlstent. infinite. God.
This argument is irrefragable. II cam
not be denied without denying the SUI
preme principles OF reason. the prin-
ciples OF contradiction and causality,
and thus a"nnihilating reason. That the
knowledge. not indeed OF the existence
OF the infinite, but OF it's nature and the
node of it's existence. must necessarily
be imperfect IA but saying that the
divine natur In Infinite and our COM
prchension In finite.
However, In this, a. in arguments on
other subjects. one can, and, alas. how
many do. refuse to admit tho testimony
Of ones reason; which Is but the con-
frmation of two other important truths
to be borne In mind in all religious
discussions. that. namely, reason Is not
a supreme and in~dependert faculty. but
IL under the constant empire OF the VIII,
and that the will in its turn may be
in the clutch. whether consciously or
unc~onsciously. OF an ucyielding bias.
J. +. VI.
SnIFTIl lpA\GE ~ INV au.
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Of his overweight mind was prob
ably the object Of the philosopher.
lie tells us II can lie two hours in
a Bath twice a Week, covered with
Water, and this for years together
without being In any manne dis
ordered by it." The philosophers re-
gard for economy moved him to in
vent a book holder that enabled him
TO read while in the bath.
Physicians and lay people may still
obtain useful instruction In matters
medical. ethical and sanitary from the
writings Of Poor Richard.