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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27

Health is not very good at this
writing.
Mr.. Blair Kirk called on Mr.. Jia
Grimes Sunday.
Little Thomas Robnett has been
quite sick The post week.
Mr. W. j. Spencer spent Friday
fisht With Eunice Stages.
Mrs. Rosa Gibson visited Mrs fm-
ma Brown at OylIla Friday
Mr. Harry Stages spent Saturday
uight with Mr.. Edgar Murray
Mr.. Walter Lowell spent Friday
night with Mr.. Houston Hudson.
Miss Birdie Smith was with Mrs,
May Henry Tune saturday night,
Miss DOVE Reaaonover spen'
Saturday night with Miss Frances
Lowell.
Eunice Stages spent Sunday even
ing with Masters Charlit and Willie
Allen.
Miss Cora Washington spent Sat
urdey night with Miss Maggie
Creed.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Grimes We're
Sunday guests OF MIR and Mrs, r. T,
Grimes.
Misses Louise and Mabel Holland
were with Miss Maude Gibson sunday
evening.
Misses Annie Mai and Jennie Hud-
son visited Mrs. Rosa Gibson Sunda,
evening.
Mrs. Lucy Hudson was a pleasant
visitor at Mrs j. b. Burns SATURDAY
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 3. Burns were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. 4. Robnett sun
day evening.
Mr.. Jim Grimes and Mr.. Earle
Ropnett had business in Waxahaehie
Saturday.
Miss Annie Mai Hudson spent ONE
night last week with Mrs. Stella
Hudson.
There was a very good crowd at
sunday school Sunday, notwithstand-
ing the muddy roads.
Mesdames l.. l.. and ] w. Gibson
visited Mrs. A. G. Grimes one even
ING the past week.
Mr. Ransom Sharp of Waxahachte
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Mr.. Ulna Grimes.
0cie and Maud Gibson spent one
night last week In Waxahaehie guests
q their uncle, Mr. Tom Ledbetter
Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Howard o.
Sardis were with the latter's broth
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27
IT'S GREAT FOR BALki
BOWELS AND SIOMAtHS

We want all people who have
chronic stomach trouble or constipa-
ton, no matter of how long stand
ing. to try one dose Of Mayr's Won
derful Remedy-one dose will con
vince you. This is the medicine so
many of our local people have been
taking with surprising results. The
most thorough system cleanser ever
sold. Mayr's Wonderful Remedy is
sold by leading druggists every
where with the positive under
standing that your money will be
refunded without question or 4uib-
bic If ONE bottle fails to give you
absolute satisfaction. Curlins Two
Drug Stores. adv.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27
WILLARD DECLINES TO
TRANSFER BIG FIGHT

FL Paso, Tex. Feb. Flaw
renee Weber, financial hacker of
Jack Curley, who is in charge of his
affairs while the promoter has gone
to Havana to confer with Johnson,
announced last night that negotia-
lions were under way for the match
ing of Gunboat Smith and Jim
Flynn for a fight here on March 6
as the attraction at the Panhandle
and Southwestern Cattlemen's con-
vention to replace the Willard
johnson fight.
Both of these white hopes are
said TO be good serappers, but would
not draw as the heavyweight cham
pionship fight was expected to.
Willard walked ten and half
miles to town yesterday from Camp
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27
RUSSIA TO AtE SIG
CONTRACT FOR SHELLS.

pittsbure, Pa Feb 27.--Negotia-
tious are in progress between the
Russian government and a large ma-
chine company here which will
probably result in contract for
$4,000, 600 worth Of war mWHj-
lions. Shrapnel shells form the
principal part of the order, and as
special machinery is required 10
make some sizes the company has
asked Russia to deposit $i,o00,008
in bank to indemnify it should the
machines become useless by reason
of sudden termination of hostiii-
ties. The company now is WORKING
on a number of large orders OF SIM
liar character.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27

pronounced tendency toward a point
ID edge. A we'll rounded scolIop is
PERHAPS the happiest finish in juXta-
position to we'll rounded limb, one
Of me most charminSiy finished
SKIRTS IN the Fifth avenue window
displays Is an evening model Of Nile
green faille The skirt is really a
sort Of two in one effect, for the outer
s&irt j. very full and ankle length
9TH d ten inch inset of scolloped
nile green net just above its scol-
lsped silk hem. Under this outer
skirt an understand a trifle less full
and q trifle longer shows a bewitch-
ing trimming if tiny silk ruching
and pale pink rose buds through the
net transparency. The skirt IS set
high on the Empire bodice with a
tiny roucheing and an inset Of the
net in the silk finish this green gem
Of a gown.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27
9 o . 8 = . . q o . . = = = = I
sRGtaET A'ASoN'S
FASHION LETTER. 4
BY MARGARET MASON. 4
A. a n a 4 4

The newest silhouette for spring
Is called the @cloche;" it's quite tho
thing.
"Cloche" means bell, in French,
YOU see
And that is Citing as can be
For what more logical, pray tell,
Can one find than bell shaped
belle?
New York. Feb. 27-The bellies
of 1915 certainly bid fair to be
ringers for the bellies of olden days,
With the tight bodice effects and full
full skirts, some even daring bit of
crinoline, the old fashions have now
become the new ones. Become is
quite the right word, TOO. for these
feminine fashions are becoming to
almost every type OF femininity. SO
much so, that, given the lure of full
ruffled skirts, a snug Siiken bodice
and one of these adorably frivilous
and inconsequent tiny round hats
perched jauntly tobogganing her
brow, most any belle may be sure OF
ring before the month of brides
roses
The finish OF these voluminous
skirts around the hem has become of
paramount importance. Because It's
brevity has brought the hem more
within the line OF vision it must needs
rhe enhanced and embellished. A
perfectly good plain hem is no longer
considered quite smart. There is a
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27
RESOLUTIONS On THE DHiTH
OF BROTHER W. j. +. ROSS

To the Officers and memhers Of
Stonewal lodge No 10, X % ?:
Your committee appointed to draft
resolutions on the death of Past
Chancellor W. I. f Ross beg leave
to report as follows:
First. Resolved by the members
of Stonewall lodge x. Of p. of WaXa-
hachie, Texas, That in the death of
Brother W. ]. 2. Ross, this lodge has
suffered an irreHarable loss.
Second. That his zeal for Pythiaa-
ism, during his membership. was and
should be an inspiration to every
Pythian who has come within his
influence
Third. A charter member, active
in its organization. 4 patriotic south
erner, he insisted that its name be
Stonewall, commemorative Of one Of
I the south'a bravest and most chV-
elric generals.
Fourth. Before the organization
of Pythians, as q native son or
Georgia, he responded to her call TO
arms, became 4 captain in the Con-
federate army where he served with
distinction until the surrender.
Fifth. At the close of that great
tratricidal strife he entered civil life,
with the same zeal that had char
acteriZed him in war, and began the
upbuilding OF social and civil gov
eminent.
Sixth. In 1858 he came TO Texas
and Wa1ahachie, where by his genial
disposition, generosity and honesty,
he soon made & host OF friends who
now mourn his. death.
Seventh AS friend he was in
comparable; as a civilian, without
fault, as father. kind, gentle and
generous to her whom he had tax
en- "for better or worse
MAY those of.us whom kind prov
idence has permitted to remain TO,
while longer. strive to emulate his
knightly example.
Be it further resolved, That copy
OF these resolutions be spread on om
minutes; that "a copy be sent to hi'
wife and children and a copy be fur
nished our local paper for publtca
ton.
OTA CANTRELL, Chairman
y. j. MCGEE,
j. f SPENCER.
(Adv) 2sl.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27

Willard with Tex O'Rougte just 10
announce that the fight would be
held in Juarez or not at all He
says the Havana promoters are try
ing to crab the Bis fight here in
order to get Johnson to 20 on there
with some heavyweight and draw a
crowd. Willard insists that he will
have none of the Cuban going and
it is Juarez or nothing for him
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27

N, Y 4, CLANCY. y "
Ea plttsylvsyn',, n r. +. b; Q
\ Ssq a sui ssSs Twelve ,ray, months
bead. Since tat, from t eatarrh
n N your Psrupa ,'1 ! s.i four r.. bot
n 49,, person al,oretbsr feel nix like a
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27

made. If he could circumyent the
Germans aad AustrlaHs as he has
American coHtenGees Tor hie title
the war would soon be over. WHIST.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27
Invigorat;ng to the paIe ana Sic:1ly

The Old Standard general sire. sthenirg tonic.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives OFT
Malaria .enriches the blood. az. builds uyJtle sy5
tem. a true tonic. For adults and children. Sc
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27

Where the flaring sleeves tend to
soften and veil the hands the FLAIR
ing skirts have the opposite effect
on the feet Hence we'll shod
tootsie is a necessity OF which the
fun flaring skirt is the mother.
Since the laced high boots found
such favor this winter IL is only the
natural outcome that the Oxford
should be revived for Spring, 1t Is
being shown with different colored
cloth and buCkskin tops and patent
kid vamps or in all over black patent
Kid and gunmetal, bronze kid, grey
suede or anything you fanck to boot
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27

Those White sox have real team
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-27

There is Simian tendency in the
Jacket line again for the monkey
Jacket appears on many OF the new
costumes in many styles and guises
H. some circles, usually the bull ring
he monkey jacket is known as the
belero, but by another name it would
stil he as short and sweet
There is new long sleeve that
wiaens out gradually with a flare
over the hand that by its very novel
" Is crowding the long tightly but
toned cuffs for favor. 1t IS far more
becoming to the average hand thar
the tight cuff which shows up raspy
knuckles and scraggy digits with I'M
compromising severity.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30
the NEWS IN GENERAL
BRIEFLY PhRAGRAPHED

1t is claimed that one out of
every four Cinnamon in Cali
fornia is Il Protestant.
The Germans have sunk five
hundred and eight vessels. the
total tonnage of which has been
given as 917, ,S19.
A missionary from the Phil
hplnes reports the cure of
twenty-three lepers. There has
been no sign Of the return of the
disease in two years.
The executive committee of
the State Teachers Association
has decided on Columbia as the
1916 convention city, and March
l6th-1Sth as the dates.
Articles of agreement have
been signed binding Jess Willard
to a match March 4 at New
Orleans with Fred Fulton of
Rochester, Mimi, for the worlds
heavyweight championship.
Brigadier General Mcintyre
claims that it will take bloodshed
to do away with polygamy in the
PHILIPPINES and advises congress
to leave such prohibition out of
the bills for the island this year.
Herbert Adams. a New York
designer, is making plans for a
monument TO be erected at the
grave Of the late Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson. There is nothing to
mark the grave at present ex-
cept mound of earth.
The State Department an
nounces that Great Britain has
consented to allow two cargoes
of dye stutfs to come through to
this country from Germany pro
vided they are consigned to
Secretary of Commerce Red
field.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30
Seven Die in Storm.

One of the most weird storms
the East has seen in manv
years rain. hail and snow. ac-
companied by thunder and light
ming and a gale which reached
a maximum velocity of 90 miles
an hour descended on New
York from the northwest early
Sunday as the aftermath of a
Christmas fog. 1t indirectly
caused seven deaths in New
York, carried down telegraph
wires, damaged shipping, Grip
pied railroad traffic and caused
considerable property damage.
The phenomenon of thunder
and lightning in the midst of
driving snow awakened New
Workers at the height of the
storm about z O'Clock Sunday
morning. A gale from the south
accompanied by rain. had been
blowing during the night. but
the temperature dropped during
Che early morning hours, chang
ing the rain to hail and then to
snow.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30
FORD QUITS PEACE PARTY
AND RETURNS HOME

The Norwegian liner, Bergens-
fjord, with Henry Ford aboard.
sailed from Christiania. Norway.
Friday morning for New York.
Mr.. Ford's departure was due to
illness, it was stated. The peace
expedition, according to state
ment by Mr.. Ford. will continue
under the auspices of the Wo-
mems International Peace asso-
citation.
Before leaving Christiania. Mr..
Ford wrote out the following
statement for the press: Il am
satisfied with what has been ac-
complished in Christiania. Peace
has been given publicity. News
papers have power to end the
war. for it is through publicity
that the gospel of peace is spread.
Norway is like every other coun-
try. The people are all right"
In the opinion of many. how
ever, Mr., Ford's departure from
Europe marks the termination.
in its original form, of the most
novel Of the many movements
which have been undertaken to
bring about the ending of the
war. Mr.. Ford's announcement
that the Women's International
Peace association henceforth will
conduct the expedition would
seem to indicate that. so far as
he is personally concerned. he
has ralinquished the self-imposed
task which he expressed in the
phrase: out of the trenches bv
New Years"
The dispatches state that MIR.
Ford has put up $27O,OOO to fl
nance the operations of the
peace party.
j. A. Withers, of Fayetteville.
N. c., was among the Christmas
visitors to Fort Mill
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30
NEXT GOVERNORS RACE
TO BE OF MUCK INTEREST

The one chief topic of specula-
ton in State politics at present
is who will lead the so-calIed
BIease faction next summer in
the race for governor, says a
Columbia despatch. OF course
Governor Manning will be a
candidate to succeed himself and
he may or may not have op-
position in the Democratic pri-
maries. The former governor.
Cole l.. Blease, is already an
announced candidate against
Mr.. Manning, but the proposition
is can he rally his former clans
behind him or are they looking
for another? This later bend is
becoming more pronounced with
the approach of the annual meet
ing of the General Assembly and
Is Just now causing speculation
In political circles.
Will John l.. McLaurin be put
forward by the opposition and
will he rally the former Bleasites?
The suggestion of his candidacy
Tor governor was made in a
statement given out a few DAYS
ago by a State senator in con-
nection with the candidacy of
Representative John J. Mcmahon
OF Columbia for Warehouse COM
missioner, the position now held
by Senator McLaurin.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30

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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30

structions to the chief of police
to stop all forms of gambling in
Charleston.
The 1916 session of the Gener-
eral Assembly of South Carolina
will be convened in the capitol
at Columbia on Tuesday. ,Janu-
ary II.
Gov. Manning has been forced
to decline an invitation to deliver
an address at the annual banquet
of the Aero Club of America, to
be held in New York January IL.
The cleanliness of the build
ings and grounds of Winthrop
and Clemson colleges is COM
mended in special report to
the State board of health by a
special committee.
The State Tax commission, Gre
ated by an act of the last Gener-
al Assembly to equalize the tax
system, has completed it's first
annual report which is being
mailed out to members of the
General Assembly.
Andrew j. Bethea, lieutenant
governor of South Carolina, has
quit the Ford European peace
party and it is presumed that he
will at once return home. Per-
sonal business is given as the
reason for Gov. Bethea's action.
The matter of disposing of the
whiskey stocks carried over after
the first of the year by the
county dispensaries will be left
to the general assembly. Gov.
Manning said that the law was
plain and that he could take no
action.
In fire which destroyed a
boarding house at Clearwater.
Aiken county, Saturday night,
Charles Smith, was burned to
death, and another man who had
been with Smith all Christmas
day and whose name was not
learned, was missing after the
fire.
Bub Pou. about % years of
age. was shot and instantly
killed Saturday night at Wards.
in Saluda county. Fred Kneece.
also of Wards. is in Jail charged
with the killing. Pou's body was
found on the street early Sunday
and blood stains were discovered
on the floor of Kneece's house.
In fit of dependency. Geo.
c. Whitner. a liveryman of
Saluda, killed himself Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock by firing a
shot from a revolver through
his head, the bullet entering Just
above the right eye and emerging
at the back of the head. The
killing took place in the office of
his stables on Main street.
Holding that the legislature
was without power to authorize
the indefinite suspension of a
sheriff for neglect of official
duty, the supreme court in a
unanimous decision has ordered
the reinstatement of w. w.
Huckabee as sheriff of Kershaw
county. Mr.. Huckabee was sus-
pended several months ago hy
Gov. Manning on the charge
that he had refused to enforce
the whiskey laws.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30
MEWSY HAPPENINGS
I'm AND AROUND TOWN

one per cent. penalty attaches to
all unpaid taxes.
The Fort Mill public school
will reopen on next Monday
morning, January 8. The patrons
of the school are requested to
have their children at the school
building promptly at the opening
hour.
While operating a folding ma
chinei in the Millfort mill Monday,
John Blackwelder, young son of
II H. w W, R!ackwelder, had finger
of his right hand so badly
mashed that the attending
physician found amputation
necessary.
James d. Fulp, superintendent
of the Fort Mill school, was on
Sunday morning elected superin-
tendent of the Presbyterian Sun
day school, succeeding Mr.. w.
M. NJ Carothers who is soon to re-
move to his farm near the Ca
tawba dam.
Cards announcing the marriage
December II of Mr.. B. Lester
Branson and Miss Chatherine
McSween, of Newport, Tenn,
were received in Fort Mill the
last week. Mr.. Branson is a son
of Chas. H. Branson, formerly of
Fort Mill, and has for several
years been connected with mer-
camille establishment at Crest
mont, N. C.
According to announcement
from the adjutant generals Of
flee, the annual inspection of the
Fort Mill Light Infantry, Co. g.,
will be held on Friday, January
IA. The inspection will be made
by an officer of the National
Guard, accompanied by Capt.
j. Malcolm, Nineteenth Infan-
try, u. S. A.
The handsome new home of
Mr.. w. H. Jones. one mile west
of Fort Mill, narrowly escaped
destruction by fire Friday at
noon. The fire was supposed to
have started from a spark from
the kitchen fiue and was burn
ing briskly in the roof when dis
""V""ed by a colored man who
was passing by. A considerable
hole was burned in the roof be-
fore the fire was extinguished.
The Rev. w. A. Hafner, who
recently accepted a call to the
Gatfney Presbyterian church,
will arrive very soon after the
first of the year, says Gaffney
special to The State. 1t is prob
able, the despatch adds, that a
reception will be arranged by the
people of the congregation for
Mr.. Hafner and family when
they arrive.
The Christmas business in
Fort Mill has exceeded all
previous records, according to
merchants, postal authorities
and the railroads. Christmas
Eve the streets were crowded as
on circus day" with belated
shoppers who crowded the
stores. The ideal weather con-
tributed no little to the trade of
tie week, of course. but the
general prosperity of the country
has been shown in no mistakable
way.
Never before in the memory
of the oldest resident has there
been as quiet Christmas in Fort
Mill as that of last week. One
MON cold Chrsa+.s.oe L..
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30
GERMANY'S NEXT MOVE
A QUESTION OF DOUBT

While the diplomats in Ru-
mania and Greece are engaging
in new deals which will decide
the next step in the Balkan op-
erations, there is increasing evil
denceS that the Germans. ever
reStlve, are preparing for new
strokes on both the eastern and
western fronts. or at least a con-
centration Of their forces to strike
when conditions are propitious.
Recent dispatches from Petro-
grad note German activity. par
tlcularly in the Dvinsk district.
which would accord with the
German ambition to reach the
line of the Dvina river, while all
accounts from neutral countries
mention continued movement
of men and guns to the west. In
the latter theatre of operation it
seems only question of what
points the offensive is to be
taken. Many believe that the
Germans, having found the lines
in Flanders and Artois nuts too
hard to crack, contemplate NOV
ing in the Saint Mihiel region.
where their line penetrates to
the river Meuse, and where
there has been considerable ac-
tivity during the last few days.
The only argument against this
is that the river has been at
flood and the French have been
Systematically destroying bridg-
eS as they were rebuilt.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30

The annual report of the
Department of Labor is out. and
the report shows that the tide
of immigration is lower this year
than it has ever been. Of the
326, 600 admitted to the United
States this year, $1,000 were
under fourteen years OF age.
Immigrants admitted to the
country had all average OF sixty
dollars each.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30

j. A. Withers, of Fayetteville.
N. c., was among the Christmas
visitors to Fort Mill.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30
STATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.

Mayor Hyde has given in
structions to the chief of police
to stop all forms of gambling in
Charleston.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30

The 1916 session of the Gener-
eral Assembly of South Carolina
will be convened in the capitol
at Columbia on Tuesday. Janu-
airy II.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-12-30

In spite of unusual conditions
agricultural depression and busi-
ness stagnation, the scholastic
year 1914-15 was one of the best
in the history of the public
schools of the State, according
to the report of j.. f. Swearin-
gen. State superintendent of
education, prepared for the
general assembly. He says that
the growth of the schools is the
result of universal sentiment in
favor of efficient schools.