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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-10
n& Ml1n !. WATSON
PEfs PEACEFULLY lVlY'
nEIOyEp LEADER " LITERARY
tl.CH~ AND RlRt.E STUDY
O. DEAD.
Wa> sDAsr~r "a the Twas Division of
nanehs~s~ ~ Confesscrsry aud
Ccmpises - Brok NJ tDid
Sonx<.

AIRS Amanda Heard Watson. Is
wears old. widow % the late Or. !.
III. Watson % this city. died last
night al o'cloek at the Baptist
sanitarium ia Dallas. The body ar
rived IN waxahachie on special
interurban car al | 80 o'clock and
was taken 10 the Watson old home
on Monroe street where II viii re-
main until 10 O'Clock Saturday
morning. al which honr funeral
services will be conducted at 81
Paui's Episcup ! church BY Rev. ]
b. Whaling Of Dallas. The burial
"a wAxahachie cemetery viii follow
The service
paA bearers 5. Herring. j.
lea Gammon. q +. Dunlap. 1ao p.
AeRae. r. W. cesxendaner ard r.
HI. Hardin, The members OF Camp
Winnie Davis, e c. ". win serve
as honorary pail bearers
Mrs Amanda b. Watson was a
leader among women. and was low
81 ard honoraa b. all with whom
she lseored she vas born In Cam
den. Ala she came 10 Texas In 1897
and was married to Dr Watson in
1875 The first years OF their mar
ried life 2as speat ~ Dallas, but
fhny moved to Waxaharhie thirty
fhsee years arc and this has since
been Ehe home Of the family. Mrs.
Watson vas . Woman Of rarest cui-
ture both Ia heart and mind, and
christian personality was most up
sigtsng ard helpful 10 those with
" hpm she came in contact Al
though aetive IN . nnmher Of clubs.
her best et1ort. perhaps. was given
to- the Daughters az the Confeder-
aey. At the time 81 her death and
tor the fise years next previous she
waS president Of the local chapter
and gave much OF her time and
thought 10 the work During her
term 81 Office the Sims Watson
chapter erected the monument on
the public square sacred 10 the
namory OF the Confederate sol
der Mrs Watson presided at the
last meeting 81 fhe chapter when
TIE work 81 Are year VAS finished
'Folsnuing the flower show II was
also she who awarded the prizes AZ
the cioee 81 the floNeg show lasf
nsnntii.
The eaafom Of holding annual
floNeT shows suggested to her the
ldea 81 fall fair and during recent
years she has advocated the plan OF
the Daughters fostering fall fair
movement which would feature
womaas work
Mrs Watson was glfe-historian OF
tie Texas Division Of The tinted
Daughter. Of congeaeraey and had
recently complied q Folio OF oia
songs for the use Of the division
and for the additional purpose Of
preserving them for posterisy. It
vas she who went 10 Washington IN
the fall Of 1919 and called on Presi-
dent Taft, enjoyed 2 cordial hand
clasp with tle president ana pre-
scented nlm With copy 81 the book
of old songs. A report OF this trip
made 10 the local chapter following
her return Il remembered az most
pleasing occasion Though every
beat ~ her noble heart was IL sym
patty with the cause Of the South.
size knew no north and no south IN
compiling the book Of old sonas IL
was an effort 10 perpetaafe the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-10
Garry mosquito nets. "

Garry mosquito nets.
We don't need ours any more
because were going home. thank
God. said one doctor Want to
buy them2a
We make dicker for three dol
lars and half per net and buy
three OF them Also we increase
our baggage with four pounds OF
insect powder
There are FIVE hours left in Ma
pies for Sightseeing and We choose
the sunken city OF pompeii When
old Vesuyius beiehed out fire -
years after Christ. II nearly emptied
the city. but this war. nineteen hun
-dred and fifteen years after Christ
has done just as thorough job.
Seven human beings couldn't get
away from Pompeu when the vol
eano broke out and you can stiIi see
their bones lying as the volcano
shock left, them.
This neW volcano OF war has also
found seven persons who were IN
able to beat it. They are guides.
sad creatures Who were too cid to
be called 10 the Italian colors but,
unlike the seven boay persons, they
see you first. They rush at you.
They fight over you
One hundred and fifty thousand
persons used to visit Pompeii every
summer before the war volcano
struck it. but You are the first tour
lists these guides nave seen for a
week and SO they tell you the
first rich American tourists that
have appeared in the last tao
months.
An Of the sunken streets. the
inNes and miles Of ancient avenues
and bouieYards and the hundreds Of
houses, shops aud cafes which have
been excavated from the ashes oil
the nearby volcano. are deserted
The footballs Of the tourist no long
or elatter over She ancient pave
ments; the obs and abs OF
wonder are heard no more
Pompeii has been deserted sec
end time All tbs loving care
which scientists have expended dur
ing the last hundred years in bring
ing the ancient city 70 light. seems
10 have been wasted
The World isn't restoring ruins
Of ancient cities these days. IT'S
making ruins OF new ones.
As We leave the sunaen city. Me
cutcheon Of Chicago, who IS an arr
tist and therefore nnbusiueaslike.
pays the guide double his fee
Jimmy Hare kicks.
Poor devils says McCutcheon.
they won't see amy tourists here
for the next twenty-five years
why do you say twenty-five
years." asks Hare,
Because al the tourists viii 70
to see the ruins u >Rheims and
Louvain, MeCuacheon explains.
Hare NittGraws his Kick end We
80 back to naples 20 pack our mos.
quito netting and our bed bug pow
der for the third jump "a our dash
from Paris 70 She Balkan frouf
The third lamp by train viii
take us 70 Messina
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
The Familiar Unknown.

Things you see every day and never
notice form fayorite topic with those
who probe curiously into our deicien-
cies. The watch trick is perhaps an
open secret by now, and yet you may
fail in reproducing the Roman figures
that you confront in all moods many
times a day. Can you describe the as
pect of a shilling. which | hope you
see as many times a day. or a penny
postage stampf | am sure that any
postal maiden could sell me dozen
penny stamps with the wrong head on
them and send me away eontented.
And yesterday l met a man who had
lived for years in happiness on Haver-
stock hill and couldn't tell me the
number Of steps that led to the front
door OF his own house.-London Spec
fator.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
GOVERNMENT FIXES CITRUS !.
FRUIT ACID TEST

Orlando, Sept. 2S-Information of
great importance to the citrus fruit
growers of Florida has been received
here from Washington by the Florida
Citrus Exchange, fixing the new
standard by which fruit tests will
be made. 1t is also understood that
a federal inspector will be located in
Orlando when the shipping season
opens to look after the enforcing of
this standard.
The following telegram was re-
ceived from L. d. Jones, business
manager of the exchange with Of
fees in Tampa, by the Orange coun-
ty sub-exchange officials:
I'VE are just in receipt of infor-
nation that the United States de-
partment of agriculture in Wash
ngton, d. c., has set the followin :
tentative standard:
Oranges must contain eight
parts of soluble solids to one part OF
, acid and grapefruit, seven parts Of
soluble solids to one part of acid.
I'VE are not yet advised as to the
details of inspection. UndOubtedli
this information will reach the state
in the next few days covering in
spection in ample time for this be
fore the fruit is up to the standard
set. Disseminate this thoroughly II
all concerned. ~. D. JONES'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
Holland and herrings.

To the sea the Dutch owe most of
their wealth. The art of curing her
ring was discovered by poor Dutch
fisherman. William Beukels. in 1850.
who found that the fish which they
caught In great abundance could be
smoked and sailed away in kegs and
then transported TO the ends of the
world in good condition. Such a trade
resulted that it was said that "Amster-
dam is built ON herring bones" Sew
eral hundred years after the death of
Beukels the emperor. Charles ". went
to the tomb of the fisherman and there
ate herring in gratitude for the In
vention. And in church in Biervllet
today may be seen stained glass win
dow in honor Of this man. Herring
have been one of the chief means OF
trade to the Hollanders. SO that even
at the present day the first catch is
taken to the royal palace in coach
and six.
The fact that the two dominant po-
litical parties of Holland for hundreds
of years were called the Gods" and
the 'Fishhooks" shows that maritime
matters Were the uppermost in the PEG
pies NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28


stated.
Officials Are Coming
]. B. Pound received the following
telegram last night:
Judge NJ. NJ. Allison, president Of
the Dixie Highway Association,
Richard Hardy, president of the
Dixie Portland Cement Company and
director of the highway association,
and c. S. GiIbreath, field secretary
of the Dixie Highway Association,
will arrive in Jacksonville Tuesday
morning to attend convention
(Signed) Dixie Highway Assn"
Decorate your automobiles and
business houses, in view of the fact
that Jacksonville expects to enter
tain several thousand visitors to the
highway convention next Tuesday
and Wednesday. The committee in
charge requests as many owners of
automobiles and business houses as
can do so to use decorations liber-
ally. Any kind of decorations, bunt-
ing, state and city flags, and United
States flags, will be appropriate,
said J. b. Pound.
Mayor Bowden may declare Tues
day morning a half holiday and the
visitors should be made to feel that
the city is in gala attire to welcome
Them" said he continuing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
Cotoeo and Heat.

In an attempt to illustrate graph
caily the relative values for summer
and winter wear Of different colors In
dress materials an interesting expert
ment was recently conducted. says
Popular Mechanics. Four strips Of
cloth made OF the same material and
weight. but Of different colors. were
placed on a cake of ice and exposed to
the sun. The fabrics were white, vel
low, red and black. The result show
ed in a striking way how white re-
fleets the suns rays. while black alb.
serbs them.
The ice covered by the piece Of
white cloth was not melted to any ap
probable degree during the test. that
under the yellow strip was slightly de-
pressed. deep cut was formed be-
meath the red cloth and a groove ap
proximately twice as deep as that GOV
cred by the latter was melted under
the black fabric.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
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: . = . q = . . . . = = 8
Governor-Park Trammell.
Secretary of State H. Clay Craw-
ford.
Attorney General-Thomas F.
West.
Treasurer. c. Luning.
Comptroller-W. V. Knott.
Commissioner of Agriculture-W.
A. McRae.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion-W. N. Sheats.
Adjutant General. C. r. Fos-
ter.
State Examiner-Ernest Amos
State Chemist-R. E. Rose.
Board of Trustees Internal I'm
provement Fund-The Governor,
Comptroller. Treasurer, Attorney
General and Commissioner of Agri-
culture.
Board of Education-The Cover
nor. Secretary of State, Attorney
General. Treasurer and Superintend-
ent of Public instruction.
Board of State lnstitutions-The
Governor. Secretary of State, Treas
urer. Attorney-General, Commission
| er of Agriculture, and Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction.
Board of State Institutions-The
Secretary of State, Treasurer, At
torney General. Commissioner Of
agriculture and Superintendent Of
Public Instruction.
Board of Pardons-The Governor,
Secretary of State, Attorney General
and Commissioner of Agriculture.
| L. S. Senators-Hon. Nathan P.
Bryan, jacksonville; Hon. Duncan
III. Fletcher, Jacksonville.
u. S. Congressman-First District,
Stephen NJ. Sparkman, Tampa; Sec
ond District, Frank Clark, Gaines
Vile; Third District, Emmett VIII
son. Pensacola; Fourth, District, w.
]. Sears, Kissimmee.
County Officials
Circuit Court Judge-Hon. F. A.
Whitney, Arcadia.
Trammell.
Circuit Court Clerk. A. John
son.
Prosecuting Attorney-R. B. HUFF
faker.
| Tax ASSeSSor7J. j. bosnton.
Tax Collector. P. Murdaugh.
Treasurer-W. G. Jones.
Sheriff-John Logan.
Supt. Public Instruction.. A.
Parker
Supervisor of Registration-P. W.
Daniels.
County Commissionsrs-J. c.
Swindel, chairman; A. T. Mann
Barlow; F. B. Swearingen, Fl
Meade; r. H. Bryson, Winter Haven;
~. E. Lancaster. Bradley.
4 Board of Public Instruction.. c.
. lOwens, chairman; c. A. Parker
Barlow, superintendent; =. NJ. Law
Bartow: ]. W. Keen. Fl. Meade.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
Turtle and Farina.

Turtle and farina taken together rep
resent to those who live on the ANA
ION, be they white. negro or Indian or
one Of the numerous crossbreeds, what
the salmon does to the Alaska Indian
the cocoanut to the south sea islander
and rice to the Monaghan. A short
run of salmon in the Alaska rivers. a
crop failure In the paddy fields of
China, a hurricane in the south sea
islands. all reduce to the same thing
famine. On the Amazon q shortage of
turtles may be tided over by a pleni-
tude of farina. or vice versa. A failure
Of both turtles and farina In the same
year brings great and widespread dis
tress. Farina is a crude. locally made
product Of the root Of the manioc.
further refinement Of which results in
the tapioca Of commerce. Farina I'M
der a number Of different names b
more or less Of q staple with the ma
lives in all Of tropical America from
the West Indies to Paraguay.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28

Jacksonville, Sept. 2S-At one OF
the most enthusiastic meetings so
far held in connection with the con-
vention here Tuesday and Wednes-
day in the interest of the Dixie
Highway from Chicago to Miami,
through this city, home stretch on
the arrangement plan was begun.
All during Sunday and Monday the
long distance telephone wires were
agents, aiding and abetting in
grand caucus here. This council OF
chieftains for the cause of good
roads will, according to the promot-
ers be the greatest ever held in the
South Atlantic state. Fifty cities, it
is said, will have their spokesman
here. There will be banners, PEN
nants, and other insignia galore,
showing the interest which is being
taken in the trail which will reach
from coral reefs to the centers IT
population.
The route has already been eulog-
lied as the most important touring
thorou ghfare of the country.
At meeting Saturday night, held
in the Seminole hotel, and presidede
over by Charles H. Mann, president
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce.
he declared that the convention here
was one for every citizen of the city
to take cognizance of and weigh as
to importance J. B. Pound, one of
the original incorporators of the
Dixie Highway Association, F. o.
Miller, president Florida State Good
Roads Association, John Fl. VIII
liams, chairman good roads COM
mittee, chamber of commerce and
John E. Gilbert were the speakers.
1t was decided that an additional
committee of representative citizens
be named to aid in the final arrange
ments The meeting resulted in more
genuine enthusiasm for the sake OF
the great undertaking than in any
thing that has been done thus far
Car Listing Wanted
The committee having in charge
the automobile parade earnestly re
quests the private owners of cars Il
allow the use of the same to go into
the parade Tuesday morning, ant
also Wednesday afternoon to tax
the visitors to Atlantic Beach.
From the information received
from other cities and towns, the"
will be, it is said, from 1000 u
1900 visiting automobiles filled witt
boosters and in addition to this sew
eral hundred visitors who come b.
train, as all railroads entering Jack
sonville have offered reduced rate
for the occasion.
The committee feels that the hosp
tally of the city of JacksOnvill
shows need of volunteers from tn
private owners of cars to help TAX
care of the people who have bee
asked to be here during the two day
Every owner of car, who is di'
posed to help out should call j. E
Gilbert, chairman, Bell phone 3S7
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
Truth Is Stranger
Than Fiction
Bv RUTH GRAHAM

When a story Is ready made there is
nothing to do but tell it. This tale, the
incidents Of which really happened. Is
one Of the improbable kind which 60 to
prove that truth is stranger than fic-
ton. The only change In 1t from the
truth Is the names of the actors and
the locations.
We must 60 back to that period when
a German army was thrown into Bel
gium; when the French gathered their
forces to defend their capital and the
English threw across the channel what
troops were available to assist their
allies. Yet 1t was not there that our
story begins. but In a colony Of the
British empire. War had not yet open
ed when a girl and her mother in Can
ada were discussing ball dress for the
former. though the girl was more inter
ested in the expected appearance at the
ball Of an Englishman than in her ap-
parel.
II hear" said Edith Warren to her
mother. that son of the MacDer-
motifs has come out from bonny Scot
land to see his father and mother.
Maybe he will be at the Scotia ball
this evening"
II think" replied her mother. that
you had better wear your pink silk to
the ball. Edith. 1t is Just the shade for
your complexion"
Edith wore her pink silk to the Scotia
ball and met Ian MacDermott, cap
tain in Scotch regiment. Whether it
was the dress or Edith's beauty or her
| charming manners that won the cap
tain there is no record. Certain it is
that she won him. and he carried her
back with him to Scotland from her
home in America on a honeymoon trip.
Scarcely had the newly welded pair
got settled in their home In Edinburgh
when England declared war against
Germany and threw a force across the
channel into France. The honeymoon
Of the MacDermotts had not ended be
fore the captain babe an adieu to his
bride and went in command Of his com
pany to the front.
One night the English and Germans
| hiSt III Il hOt hSit' NAdt IhOtt ACSi
ment was obliged to give ground be
fore superior force. The captain wa.
struck by fragment Of shell ant
left on the field among the dead ant
wounded. Then the British rallied ant
recovered the lost ground.
When it became possible for the Rec
Cross and the army surgeons to rescu,
the wounded surgeon, coming upol
the body OF Captain MacDermott, tool
the Identification tag from 1t and re
ported him dead.
1t was a sharp blow to the brid
when she received news of the death o
her husband. She gave up her home Il
Edinburgh and removed to another IL
cality, but only temporarily. for she dc
signed to return to her parents il
America. She was not able to leave a
once, but as soon as arrangement
J could be made she sailed from Scotc
port for New York.
, There was the usual hustle upon tn
sailing Of steamer. Mrs. MacDermot
in deep mourning. stood on the dec
, looking out upon the country in whic
so much happiness had been expected
grieylng over the ~ wreck Of her hore'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28

from the rrcncl geologist Deodat de
Gratet. Marquis de Dolomieu, who
spent his time in 1879 and the follow
ing years. while his countrymen were
busy with revolution and war. in visit
ing this and other Alpine districts. He
first mentions this kind of rock in
1871, and the word "Dolomite" first
occurs in a pamphlet of 1902 describ-
ing a tour of his in the Alps about the
st. Gothard and the Simplon. The
curious point. noted by Mr.. Coolidge.
is that the marquis seems to have
paid no attention to the dolomite rocks
in the neighborhood of his own home.
Dolomieu, near Grenoble. = London
Mirror.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
pinched.

Perhaps the origin of our slang term
"pinched." meaning arrested, is In De-
foes poem Hymn to the Pillory." I'm
INJURED in 1903 in Newgate, Defoe con-
soled himself with the reflection that,
having meant we'll, he suffered unjust
ly. This is the passage:
The first intent of laws
Was to correct the effect and check the
cause,
And all the ends Of punishment
Were only future mischiefs to prevent.
But justice Is inverted when
Those engines of the law.
Instead Of pinching vicious men.
Keep honest ones in ave-"
Exchange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
Tho Earliest Lens.

The earliest known lens is one made
Of rock crystal unearthed by Layard
at Nineveh. This lens. the age of
which is to be measured by thousands
Of years, now lies in the British mu-
scum with its surface as bright as
when 1t left the makers hands. By
the side of It are very recent speci-
mems Of lenses which have been ruined
by exposure to London's fogs and
smoke
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
Following Principles.

"Did you see BIBLES disappear 40
soon rs he saw his wife coming with.
out even waiting to see what she want
ed?"
HE wasn't taking any chances on
that You see. he belongs to safety
first society" Baltimore American.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
Concerning the po,omi,es.

The fairyland about COrtina is IA
miliar to thousands of tourists as The
Dolomites." Dolomite, a rock COM
pounded of carbonate Of lime and car
Donate OF magnesia. ,ates its narne
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28

The Professions
CHIROPRACTOR
DIR. }. z. SCARBOROUGH,

Lady in Attendance
In Dyches Building, Between Park
and Auditorium
OFFICE HOURS
to 1880 a. m. 1880 to p. m.
700 to $3.50 p. m.
Consultation and Examination Free.
Residence Phone 240 Black
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
Real Reason.

Real Reason.
Friend-I suppose the bank exam.
liner comes around to find out what II
on hand? Banker (grimly)-No; more
often to find out what's on footl-Bos
ton Journal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
g. D. & H. D. MENDENHALL

CIVIL ENGINEEHS
Suite 212-215 Drane Building
LAKELAND, FLA.
Phosphate Land Examinations and
Plant Designs, Earthwork Special
lists, Surveys.
Residence Phone 27S Black.
once Phone 27S Blue.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28

1t is difficult to persuade mankind
that the love Of virtue Is the love of
themselves.-Cicero.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
Jacksonville Is Ready For
The Biggest OF Good
Roads Conventions
Officials Are Coming

and Home phone M-1940, it
stated.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-12
-O-O-
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

IndianapoIis.-When P. J. Mooney
announced he lived tOther side of the
town, stranger offered room. Next
morning Mooney was left without
even necktie. Police couldn't find the
early riser.
New York.-Nine bombs, hidden in
bags of sugar found aboard British
steamer KirkOswald, when she dis
charged cargo at MaTseilles, France,
on eastward trip