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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-14
$500 Reward.

A reward of $500 VIII be paid by
this company for the conviction OF
any one found guilty OF taking the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-14

DO you talk for the good Of the
order. or do something for the good
of the order?
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notwithstanding the Quarantine
tzs ncssh disesse threatens 90 b.
sse 81 niaemie is Tesse early .
80 sez4sEs year
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Many men caa gIibly repeat the
ten commandments who never think
OF Obeying them
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Phone $50 VIII get the printer
right now. Estimates eheeriG.iy Civ
en-. J. T, Tucker. job printer. "that's
all. "--(Adv) n
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Governor Major Says Champ Clark
Us the greatest living MissoGrian, and
We understand Champ pleads guilty
to the soft impeachment.
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President Wilson has had his ows
way for quite while but Il ma
be different after December.
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The English and French made q
great drive bat they aid not succeed
in bagging much game
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II is now ul1 70 Pat Moran Of
the Philadelphia Nationals to tell
Just how and why II happened.
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The lawyer who always has loi
Cf good witnesses Oh hand general
IL wins his case
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President Wilson is now In the
proper mood to issue his Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-14

The rule is that. if she has some
shape her clothes are apt to fiji her
pretty well.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-14

The worlds series Il nov over
and We are ready 10 take ~ our
line OF work where We left eli last
Friday
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-14

since the beginning OF the war TIE
eoHt Of living in Europe has increas.
Cd almost as mueh as i has IN the
lated ~tafex
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Love and a cough can't be hidden.
and sometimes ii is hard to say
which is worse.
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There has never been a good word
TO take the place Of liar
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SIX PAGES.

Everybody fayors peace except the
fellow who is making dollar ont
OF the war
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-14

The republican state executive
committee j. summoned TO meet n
Dallas on October 20. We wonder
what for2
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For All the news while = b news
sIeays read the Daily Light.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-14

faaeF villa sana e. sve p
pretty soon There Nil be aothing
left in Mexico for him to steal
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Neatness is the greatest diseom
fort TO a SLOUGH.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
SILVER SPRINGS

Grandma Millen is i'll at this writ
ing.
J. D. Poston spent Thursday and
Friday here.
Louis Thurman of Flat River spent
the Christmas holidays with his pa
rents here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Hammack spent
Sunday afternoon with their parents
at Silver Springs.
A number Of people from here at
tended the funeral of Thomas Roberts
at Primrose last Wednesday.
Elmer Murphy of Peevely visited
relatives at this place during the hol-
idays.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wallace of St.
Louis are spending Christmas week
with Mrs. Wallace's parents and other
relatives here.
Jos. J. Haner and friend, Mr.. Has
sey, of st. Louis were here the fore
part of this week hunting.
with her mother at Bonnie Terre.
A nice crowd was present at the
Coonville school house Wednesday af-
ternoon to see Santa Claus distribute
the many presents to the pupils.
Miss Myrtle LaBruyor of St. Louis
spent Christmas day with her aunt
and uncle here She will return to
the city after spending a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Thurman spent
Monday and Tuesday in Herculaneum
visiting VIM. hurry, who has return
cd from New Mexico, where he went a
few months ago for the benefit Of his
health. He has many friends here
who hope to hear Of him improving
as he is now in a very critical condi-
ton.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
THE COUNTY FAIR
BY Peter IA dford

Lecturer National Farmers Union
The farmer gets more out of the
fair than anyone else. The fair to
city man is an entertainment; to
farmer it is education. Let us take a
stroll through the fair grounds and
of greatest interest. We will first
visit the mechanical department and
hold communion with the worlds
greatest thinkers.
You are now attending congress of
the mental giants in mechanical sci
ence of all ages. They are addressing
you in tongues of iron and steel and
in language mute and powerful tell an
eloquent story of the worlds progress
The inventive geniuses are the most
valuable farm hands we have and
they perform an enduring service to
mankind. We can all help others for
a brief period while we live, but it
takes a master mind to tower into the
realm of science and light torch Of
progress that will illuminate the path
way of civilization for future genera
tons. The men who gave us the
sickle, the binder, the cotton gin and
hundreds of other valuable inventions
work in every field on earth and will
continue their labors as long as time.
Their bright intellects have conquered
death and they will live and serve
mankind on and on forever without
money and without price. They have
shown us how grand and noble it is
to work for others; they have also
taught us lessons in economy and eff
cheney how to make one hour do the
work of two or more; have length
cned our lives, multiplied our
opportunities and taken toll off the
back of humanity,
They are the most practical men
the world ever produced. Their in
ventions have stood the acid test of
utility and efficiency. Like all useful
men, they do not seek publicity, yet
millions of machines sing their praises
from every harvest field on earth and
as many plows turn the soil in mute
applause of their marvellous achieve
ments.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
Wednesday.

Wednesday.
Mrs. McGrady of Potosi attended the
funeral of her father, Stephen Den
ton, Monday.
Mrs, Thomlison is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. L. w. Garrett, in Des-
loge this week.
DR.. j. H. Buford and wife of FL
Hngton, Mo, visited DR.. and Mrs.
Eaton Saturday.
H. E. Stephens and bride arrived
from Mill Springs Monday to spend a
few days at home.
Gus Thayer and wife of Sparta,
ILL.,, are visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Mester.
L. Burch has secured good posi-.
ton at Yellville, Ark, and will move
his family there soon.
The home of Jesse Wood was com
pletely destroyed by fire Sunday noon.
A defective flue caused the fire.
The Masonic order of the o. E. S.
held a joint installation of officers at
the Masonic Hall Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Geo. j. Goeltz this week enter
tanned her mother, Mrs. ]. P. Gillon,
and sister, Mrs. Woodside, from Iron
ton.
P. T. Ramsey and family of Sun
light have arranged to move to Bis
marck and make this their future
home.
A telegram from Emory Gibson
Sunday from Webb City announced the
sudden death of his brother, Oscar.
The boys, only short time ago, left
here for Jasper county, where they
secured employment.
Stephen Denton, Sr., aged 81 years,
passed away Saturday, December 25,.
His remains were inferred in the
Hickory Grove cemetery, Rev. Long
green officiating. He was one of our
oldest citizens and a pioneer of this
section.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
LIBERTYVILLE
section.

Misses Mildred and Mary Keith are
spending the week with home folks.
Mrs. Ed Roam of Fredericktown
was the guest of relatives here during
Christmas.
j. P. McCarver and wife of near
East Prairie are at present here Wis
iting relatives.
Albert Detring, who has been in
Iowa for the past few months, is home
for an indefinite stay.
Prof Coadray and wife are spend
ing their Christmas vacation with rel
atives in Carter county.
J. E. Burns and Chas. Baker of
Leadwood motored through here last
Sunday enroute to Fredericktown. I'LL.
Ralph Tillman and family spent
Christmas with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs r. V. Tillman, of Pennington.
Prof. Cecil Hughes of Flat River is
spending his Christmas vacation with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. J.
Hughes.
Edward McCarver and daughter,
Leona, spent last Saturday here the
guests Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
0. P. McCarver.
Lester and Hubert Presnell are Wis
iting their sisters, Mrs. J. C, Jenkins
of Charleston and Mrs. w L. Tom
linson of Fornfelt
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. TomIinson of
Fornfelt spent a few days during
Christmas with the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. f. 0. Presnell
Prof. Frank Simpson, who is teach
ing in Perry county, accompanied by
his friend, Noll Vance, are guests of
Franks parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. L.
Simpson.
j. C. Grow attended the sale Of
pure bred Hereford cattle at Jack
son, Tenn, last week at which he and
his son, Harold, had consigned several
head for sale.
C. f. Detring visited his father at
the Bonnie Terre hospital last Sunday
and reports that he is getting along
very nicely, and will be able to return
home about January list.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
1 COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE =:

Tom Grocery and nephew, George, Of
Webb City, are here on an extended
visit,
VIM. Smith and sons, Dewey and
Franklin, spent Saturday in Flat Riv-
er shopping m
John Wilkinson of Bonnie Terre
spent the latter part of last week here
with friends.
Walter Mcclure and wife spent
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Sam
Beard Of Bismarck.
Smith & Sizemore, BARRIERS, have
moved their shop to the basement of
the realty building.
Buford Polite, who is employed at
Joplin, is spending the Xmas holidays
here with his parents.
Ralf Gibson arrived Saturday from
Festus to spend the Christmas holi-
days with his parents.
Frank Carr, who is attending Col
umbia University, is here on an eX-
tended visit with friends and home
folks.
Mrs. VIM. Smith and son, Leslie,
spent Monday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Ira Black, of Flat
River.
Mrs. +. Owens and daughters, Hat
tie and Katie, of near Bonnie Terre
spent Sunday here with Mrs. NJ. A.
Langdon.
Dewey Smith, Alonzo Crabdree and
Lester Halbrook attended church Sun
day night at the Presbyterian church
of Flat River.
The Epworth League of the NJ. E.
Church, South, recently installed a
piano from the Williamson Piano Co.
Of Chicago, which will be used for
church purposes.
John Moran, wife and Miss Della
Blake of Flat River spent Sunday at
the home of VIM. Smith and family.
Louis Layne, who has been employ
ed at Doe Run Mill No. for some
time, has sought a position with the
Baker Lead Co., which is sinking a
shaft south of Elvins.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
RURAL SOCIAL CENTERS

We need social centers where our
young people can be entertained,
amused and instructed under the di-
rection of cultured, clean and COM
petent leadership, where aesthetic
surroundings stir the love for the
beautiful, where art charges the at
mosphere with inspiration and power,
and innocent amusements instruct
and brighten their lives.
To hold our young people on the
farm we must make farm life more
attractive as well as the business of
farming more remunerative. The
school house should be the social unit,
properly equipped for nourishing and
building character, SO that the lives of
our people can properly function
around it and become supplied with
the necessary elements of human
thought and activity.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
FARMER RADFORD ON
WOMAN SUFFRAGE

The home is the greatest contribu-
ton of women to the world, and the
hearthstone is her throne. Our so.
cial structure is built around her, and
social righteousness is in her charge.
Her beautiful life lights the skies of
hope and her refinement is the charm
of twentieth century civilization. Her
graces and her power are the cumu-
lative products of generations of
queenly conquest, and her crown of
exalted womanhood is jeweled with
the wisdom of sanity mothers. She
has been a great factor in the glory
of our country, and her noble achieve
ments should not be married or her
hallowed influence blighted by tho
coarser duties Of citizenship. Ameri-
can chivalry should never permit her
to bear the burdens of defending and
maintaining government, but should
preserve her unsullied from the allied
influences of politics, and protect her
from the weishty responsibilities of
the sordid affairs of life that will
q usu Ati iuCt1S anu lONGI ucl SLdHu-
ards. The motherhood of the farm
is our inspiration, she is the guardian
of our domestic welfare and a guide
to a higher life, but directing the af-
fairs Of government is not within wo.
mans sphere, and political gossip
would cause her to neglect the home,
forget to mena our clothes and burn
the biscuits.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
TAINTED POLITICS
BY Peter Radford.

This country is suffering more from
tainted politics than from any other
malady at the present time. There is
scarcely a campaign speech made, a
platform demand written or a mea-
sure enacted into law that does not
carry the faint of personal gain Of
some politician or political faction
thereof.
There is more blue sky in cam
paign promises of many politicians
running for office than was ever con-
tanned in the prospectuses Of the bold
est promoters of chimerical business
schemes. There are more secret com.
binations formed by politicians in the
name of my Country" than were ever
formed under any and all other
aliases. There are more political re-
bates hidden in the phrase BE 1t en-
acted" than were ever concealed I'M
der any and all other DISCUSSES.
The inordinate thirst for political
power and unrestrained passion for
mastery has caused more distress in
this nation than the greed for gold,
and it ought to be regulated by law.
No business combination ever pursued
their competitors as relentlessly or
visited more heartless cruelty upon
their customers than a political party
that seeks to make junk of an in
dustry. or cripple a business for party
success, through tariff measures, po-
litical supervision and ofttimes de-
structive legislation. Many political
platforms are as alluring to the voter
as the story of the rainbow with its
pot of gold and their contamination
about as far-fetched. Self-gain Is the
first law in politics. There are many
men in office today who, II they
could not shake plums off the tree OF
American liberty or cut melon taken
from Uncle Sans commissary, would
have less desire to serve the public.
The country is surfeiting with patri-
OTIS, who will bare their breast to bull
lets in defense of their country, but
there are few men in public life who
will bare their breast to voters or run
the gauntlet of party disfavor in de-
Tense of agriculture or industry. No
representative of the people, who will
permit personal prejudice to dethrone
justice, party success to disfranchise
reason or the rancor of political
campaign to influence Judgment can
render capable service.
The preservation of our prosperity
depends upon wisdom, courage and
honesty in government, and the Amer
lean voter should seek these attri-
butes as implicitly as the Wise Men
followed the Star of Bethlehem and
they will often he found to rest over
the stable; the pillow or the staff OF
the Shepherd. The surest cure for
tainted politics and machine rule is
fresh air and sunshine and these i'm
portant elements are most abundant
upon the farm, and when farmers,
bankers and merchants are elected to
membership in legislative bodies, much
of the trouble in government will dis
appear.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
WATERED SECURITIES
BY Peter Radford.

Much has been said and more writ
ten about the evils of watered stock in
big business concerns and the farm
ers of this nation believe that every
dollar written into the life of any
business organization, should be able
to say Il know that my Redeemer
liveth,' but farming is the biggest
business on EARTH and there is more
water in its financial transaction than
that Of any other industry There is
as much water in a farmers note
drawing eight or ten per cent interest
when other lines Of industry secure
money for four or five per cent per
annum, as there is in q business pay
ing a reasonable compensation upon
the face value of securities repre-
senting an investment of only fifty
cents on the dollar The only diff
ference is, the water is in the interest
rate in. one instance and in the secur-
tiles in the other.
The promoter ofttimes takes chances
and his success is contingent upon
the development of the property in
volved but the usurer, as a rule, takes
no chances and his success cripples
the property involved. There may be
industries that Cry louder but none
that suffer more severely from finan-
cial immortality in both law and cus'
tom than that of agriculture,
The farmers Of America today are
paying $20O,OOO0OO per annum in
usury on real estate and chattel
loans, and this interest capitalized
at five per cent, represents $4,000,000,-
900 of fictitious values which the farm
er is paying interest on. This sum of
money is almost equal to the annual
value of crops produced in the United
States.
The earning power of the farmers
note based upon his interest rate very
nearly divides likes the earth's sur
face-three-fourths water and one
fourth land. The largest body of wa
ter that floats upon the financial hem
isphere now rests upon the farms
and its waves are dashing and its
pillows are rolling against seven mil
lion homes threatening ruin and dis
aster to the prosperity of the nation,
Will cur public servants who under
stand how to drain the liquid off in
dustrial properties turn the faucet and
let the water off the farms?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31

Ellis Moon attended Lyman H.
Harve's Travel Festival at the Lyceum
in Bonnie Terre Thursday night.
Those who spent Christmas at the
home of Jacob Matthey were: Mrs.
Taylor and children, Beulah and Irwin;
Misses Stella Douglas and Ella lain;
Messrs. Thomas Douglas and Robert
Kerkosky.
Those who attended services at the
T. M. B. Church Sunday from Pros
pect were; Misses Myrtle and Lulu
Cole, Messrs. Marvin and Erwin
Whaley and Roy Derrickson.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
Additional Elyins Items

Arch Clemens of Webb City arrived
Sunday.
Mrs. D. H. Sheriff. is reported dan
gerously i'll.
John Allen and wife spent Satur-
day in Leadwood
Mrs. John Paul spent Sunday in
Doe Run with friends.
Sam Gordon of Bonne Terre spent
Sunday here with friends.
Miss Edna Chamberlain has return
ed to her home in Knob Lick,
E. A. Francis spent Sunday in
Bonnie Terre with home folks.
Dewey Smith has accepted posi-
ton with C. L. Rogers grocery.
Ed Burns Of l9as River spent a few
hours here Saturday with friends.
Chas. Willis of near DeSOto spent
Saturday and Sundey here with home
1~i.-.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
PRIMROSE

Lee Turley was in Bonnie Terre Fri
day.
Albert Forshee was in Bonnie Terre
Friday.
Lee Snyder was a Bonnie Terre Wis
itor Friday.
viii Pettes was in Bonnie Terre one
day last week.
Henry Lawson was a Bonnie Terre
visitor Friday.
VIM. A. Moon transacted business
in Bonnie Terre Thursday.
Jacob Matthey of near Melzo was
Bonnie Terre visitor Friday.
Vetal Pratte and son, Adelbert, were
Bonnie Terre visitors Friday.
John Pettes and family were guests
at the home of VIM. Rawson Sunday.
Jacob Murphy, ST., of near Big
River was in Bonne Terre Thursday.
Fred Green and Marvin Ward of
Bonnie Terre were visitors here Sun
day.
Rev. E. J. caves of near DeSoto
preached at the T. M. B. Church Sun
day morning and night,
Herman Moon, who has employ
ment in st. Louis, spent Christmas
here with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis Moon, and family.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31
BISMARCK ITEMS


Al Trauernicht is spending the hol-
days at home.
Happy" Fieldson of st. Louis is
a visitor here this week.
Miss Addie Hughes visited rfiends
at Hickory Grove Monday.
Charles Sawyer made a business Wis
it to Belgrade Monday.
Raymond Fite of Texas visited
friends here the past week.
Prof. Signer returned home Monday
from an extended holiday visit.
Miss Ruth Goodykoontz of Caledonia
visited friends here this week.
E. E. Evans of Graniteville was a
business visitor here Saturday.
J. S. Carmical and family are Wis
iting in Little Rock this week.
Mr.. Charles Edmonds was a bust
ness visitor to st. Louis this week
Edwin and Mathew Heitzman are
home from Quincy, Illinois for the
holidays.
Louis II. Butler and wife are pre-
pairing to move to Cape Girardeal
this week.
Ulysses S. Ramsey and family of
st. Louis visited relatives here tn,
past week.
Mrs. 0. o. Templeton and daugh
ter, Lorraine, were st. Louis visitor
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31

Isn't that neat story that now
comes across the water about that
French gun which shoots a gas which
kills the enemy so quickly that he
hasn't time to fall down?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31

Deceptions Used in diplomacy are
not SO much, compared with the light
regard for the truth shown by the
fve-year-old nen that masquerades as
q spring chicken.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31

After the harvest moon comes the
hunters neon, Inasmuch as there is
little left to hunt, why not turn the
hunters moon over to the lovers?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31

They say that the automobile tour.
lists in the eastern states vastly in
creased in number this year, Ameri-
cans viii learn to like this country
when they get acquainted with It.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31

Putting war tax on chewing gum
and face powder may be all right as
far as it goes, but is there nothing
else in the party case?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31

One can scarcely be expected to
take much interest IN football when
they're killing mare in a minute in
Europe than the game can possibly
do In season.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31

What a wonderful fellow the Ger
man crown prince is. He has been
killed twelve times and has been
wounded twice day since the war
began
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31

Careful study of a live subject pro-
duces the announcement that the name
Przemysl is pronounced as if it were
cot spelled that way
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31

An eastern snan after living on a
diet for 20 years in the hope of reach.
ing a hundred died at ninety-eight
from tripping over a rug. What's the
use?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-31

One thing about having a battle
along two wings and center it is
almost always possible to pick out
some point where it is going in favor
of your side.