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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-05
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NOTES FROM THE FIELD
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That puny, soul-impoverished class
referred to last week are usually
harmless members OF society because
of the fact that as theorists they are
not very aggressive in practice and
do not assume control over their
fellow men. There is another spec
linen of the enthusiast or hypocrite
iwho is a dangerous element in the
social system for they assume a
spiritual authority under which
they claim that Omnipotence has
delegated them supervisory do
minion over human souls. They
assert that under certain con-
ditions when human comes
TO one OF them for advice that from
that moment the advisor becomes re-
sponsible for the salvation of the
soul of the enquirer. AS / under
stand the system there are certain
men, the business Of whose life It
lis to act as kind of mediator for
ali such as are weak and trusting
enough to place faith in their pro-
fessions of special influence with the
God of the universe. The man who
will assume responsibility for the
souls salvation of fellow crea-
ture win inevitably consider that his
spiritual power entities him to the
control of the body as well. The
man or woman who will surrender
the Cod given right to maintain per-
sonal responsibility to God for his
hhman being, becomes so subserv-
lent to the viii of that man that
he can easily influence him or her
in all secular as well as spiritual
affairs. In probate courts we are
told that undue influence exerted
over the mind of the testator win
vitiate the terms of the will as
much so as il force had been resort
ed 10 to induce him to execute it,
The man who appeals TO the super
stition of eonfiding men and women
for the purpose of gaining rjwer
over them is a dangerous member
If society for no matter VIVA the
protested piety of men may y the
old man Adam has been crueif'ed
in SO few of them that il is unsafe
10 give over TO them the too
free range Of the sacred precincts OF
the family circle. When an intelll-
gent. educated man pretends thar
TO him has been given : power over
The temporal and spiritual DESTINY
of men and women not possessed By
other members OF the human race. ali
sensible men and Women know he IS
a hsreorite. a mans integrity IS
rs tender as the pupil OF the eye
and 70 maintain it IN its purity re-
euires as tendag care as possible.
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GOOD ROADS.

| Now for one thousand miles of
pike roads in Ellis county. Is 1t
| feasible? Certainly it is. The hard
part of the job is to convince the
people that we are able to do it..
| Do YOU want bonds to build them?
| Not a bond, / say; but there are
some good people in Ellis county
who cannot possibly see how any
public Improvement can be done
without bonds.
If nothing but bonds will do you,
| | will tell you how you can get them
and not go out of the county Tor
the money, seeing you are inclined
| TO think that we are not able to
raise the money by direct taxation
the pay as you go policy.
know the individuals of Ellis
county are poor and hard up" for
| have heard them say SO, but in
| looking over the bank statements of
| Ellis county | note the item In
| dividual deposits subject to check, =
ere largely in excess of two million
| dollars, which shows that some of us
at least are slightly ahead All of
us who are so fortunate as to have
bank account know that our de-
posts are used by the bank for in
vestment. and these investments net
| the bank a good per cent, and thae
is where their money comes in. To
put 1t plainly: We let them have
our money for nothing, and they loan
il out for a per cent. reserving ac-
eording to law twenty-five per cent
of it to meet run on the bank.
Now we have it; we want two
million dollars right now TO build
roads We vote tho bonds, the
banks of the county can legally, if
they want 70. take up these bonds,
at five per cent, ten-forty time, with
the individual deposits on hand,
loan our own money back to us.
make q million dollars off us in
ten years and never crack n smile.
| Going TO vote those bonds? How
much bank stock do you OWN
Where does your pie" come in?
We want six hundred miles of
additional pike roads in Ellis county.
we must have them in simple justice
TO Richard Roe, who lives away
/ back from the present system" of
pixies OF some four hundred miles
already in operation.
But there are few facts which
/ Richard Roe must bear in mind. and
/ the first one: if he is ever helped
in this matter he has got 10 help
himself. The promoters of the bone
issue for the present roads have got
what they want, and they are done.
They have the main roads piked 10
tie principal towns. and Richard
Roe roped in for taxation purposes
TO pay for them. so repeat. if
Richard Roe wants anything he has
10 go after H. Now let's 60 after il.
The first thing TO do IS 70 look
cut for the money. propose that
TX DC raised By a direct advalorum
tax, Just as other taxes are raised:
that one hundred thousand BE raise:
annually until the roads are built,
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and then they are paid for.

But some one Will say tHdt we
have no law for this. Very true,
but we have very accommodating
legislature at Austin, and our rep
resentatives could introduce law
enabling the county to vote the tax,
end the legislature would pass It.
So that objection could be met.
Then as the commissioners court
would have the administration of
this fund, / would suggest that
they adopt rules similar to the fol-
lowing:
''All roads to be piked must have
a thirty foot crown.
Must be reasonably straight be-
tween points connected.
Roads and parts of roads, volun-
tarily graded by the citizens, have
the preference in piking."
1t is under the last suggested rule
that Ricard Roe could help himself.
After the grading is done the road
cost can be materially lowered AS
suggested in a former paper, with .
prospect for a steady job, men could
be found who would equip them
selves for road building, and do
cheaper and better work than has
been done heretofore on our pub
lie highways. At first all hands
were green at the business and nee
essarily made mistakes. and piled
up expenses, making the roads cost
great deal more per mile than
they should have cost. BY expert
ence we may learn economy.
BY some voluntary labor in grad
ing. by some experienced in putting
on gravel, il is possible TO reduce
the cost to two thousand dollars per
mile, and this money raised by direct
taxation, Mt the rate specified above,
would not exceed a million and a
ralf for six hundred miles, the
amount we have got TO pay for the
four hundred we already have, pro-
vided we square off the bonds at the
expiration of the first ten years.
which is highly improbable.
These suggestions. and these dol
lsrs. running into the millions. are
stunning" but we are up against a
bad proposition, and it is economy TO
meet ii in a way that will be the
greatest benefit TO the greatest num-
Der
As TO the second guliEg for
straight roads, j stand for that on
the ground of economy of time and
money: and / wish TO present a de
facto argument In support OF that
contention. refer again to the
WaNahaohie-Ferr road. which is a
special pet OF mine.
As shown in former Paper that
road has two and one half miles Of
"crook" in IT, So citizen Of either
place. in making the round trip TO
the other place. travels an extra five
miles. There is jitRey now run
ming between these points. and
makes ordinarily thyee round trips a
day: this Is fifteen miles OF extra
travel. This continued for 500 days
. IN tie year IS fony-1ive hundred
miles One hundred and eight miles
being days run, makes "a days
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Benny Kauff, outfieider.

haps only one other baseball sale
sum for Benny kauff, outfielder In
the Brooklyn Federal club; Bill Rari-
den. catcher in the Newark Feds, and
Fred Anderson, pitcher in the Buffa-
lo club Of the Federal league. Per-
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Bill, Rariden, catcher.

Whatever else the Federal league
did in its short career 1t managed
to develop $4,000 worth of baseball
players in three clubs, and the New
York Giants of the National league
have just proved this by paying that
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The man who waits until just
the kind of weather he wants ar
rives is never bothered with big
harvest in the fall. Do your part
and trust providence to look after
the seasons.
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Yes, the boys are here today. and
our merchants are getting an oppor-
tunity to show them just what Wax
ahachie can do in the way of good
goods at reasonable prices.
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A Mckinney paper speaks of Col
lin as the best county in Texas.
Neiehbor. you should visit. trip
south on the interurban would un-
deceive you.
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One year ago we were all stand
ing shoulder to shoulder, with ell
bows touching We have not moved
a peg from the position occupied
then. If you have strayed off 1t is
not our fault.
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When death. the last great enemy
arrives it Is important that we are
prepared with the sword of the
spirit in order that we may gain the
victory.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-05

There are two kinds of silver In
this world-slowsilve and quick
silver. with US 1t Is slow in COM
lng in and quick in going out.
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international law may be all right
In times Of peace, but when war
breaks out It becomes a race to win.
and let the devil take the hindmost.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-05

After four years experience In
war We have settled down to the
conclusion that it is far better to
be engaged in peaceful pursuits.
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The senate is about TO pass the
bill to pay Colombia for the terri
tory that tho Roosevelt admins
tration got away with under the COW
or OF darkness.
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The little Jap says to the China
man. ''Now while an the other folks
are busy az home, We guess you had
better come across.
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An Oklahoma woman tells us that
common eenso is again coming into
fashion Glad to hear 1t. but Il was
certainly a long time in getting
around
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Some people are not satisfied un-
less the government is spending
money and they are getting the ben
eff OF il.
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That man is beneraetor who
causes TWO shade trees to grow where
but one grew before.
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An exchange tells us there are
many ways Of cooking old hens. Yes,
and each way makes them tougher.
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EIGHT PAGES

Remember the hours. Sunday
school at 9:45 and preaching at Il
o'clock.
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of time lost in the year. and an ex-
ira cost of cents mile for oil
and car wear of $4,000 All for a
few blessed crooks.
GEO. DOUGLAS
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Fred Anderson, pitcher.
required so much cash That was
the purchase by President Comiskey
of the Chicago American league
club of Eddie Collins of Philadelphia
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D,tLy SUBSCRIPTION RATES

Obituaries, resolutions OF respect,
cards OF thanks-aIl matter not
NEWS be charged Tor at the
rate OF five cents per line. Poetry
double price.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-29
WITH VITRIFIED BRICK
Payirg Contract Let to Illinois Com.
pany Wednesday Evening.

Last Wednesday evening the con-
tract for paving Forest street from
Third street to Grand avenue and down
the avenue to Strollers' lane, all to
be done in vitrified brick. On account
of the condition of the avenue below
Strollers' lane, it was decided not to
have it done this year. The success
full bidder was the Conductive Paving
company of Forest Park, ILL.,, whose
bid was $2.O2 per square yard, and the
curbing Is cents per lineal foot.
The work will be commenced as
soon as the conditions will permit
and before the summer is over Wau-
sau will have fine stretch of brick
paving leading to the south. Forest
street and Grand avenue receive the
largest amount of travel of any of
the streets of the city and that it is at
last to receive a permanent paving is
source of joy to all.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-29
CELEBRATION

Last Tuesday evening the February
and March circles of the Presbyterian
Ladies Aid society gave very enter
tanning colonial program and pleas
ant social time in the Presbyterian
church parlors celebrating George
Washington's birthday Several Mar
tha Washingtons and George Wash
ingtons were present. In the receiv-
ing line were a number of colonial
impersonations and some in fancy
dress costumes, including Uncle Sam,
represented by c. A. Cowee, Mrs. P.
L. Sisson, as Columbia, Rev. and Mrs
D. J. Williams and Mr.. and Mrs. M. P.
Mccullough. A. H. Clark represented
the national guard, and introduced the
guests to the receiving line. Mrs. P.
L. Sisson, as Columbia, announced the
numbers of the program. American
flags formed a pretty setting. The
program opened with the singing of
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" Mrs.
c.. F. Ogden, Miss Johanna Lund,
Emery James and Robert Williams, in
Indian costumes, opened the first
scene. Mrs. Ogden and Mr.. James
rendered Indian musical selections.
Misses Doris and Margaret Marshall,
American girls, sang two duets, and
Miss Laura Johnson,a Colonial maiden,
sang a solo, and the Mems choir gave
number. A spinning wheel setting
was used with the rendition of the
last two numbers given above. Rev.
Donald S. West gave a reading fol-
lowed by a solo by M. NJ. Secor. Long,
Long Ago." and duet by Mr.. and Mrs.
Secor, Nightingale Song" Walter
Bissell, Fowler Stone, Calvin Clark,
Harry Sisson, Elmer Giessel, William
Gamble, Jack Smith, Norman Rick and
Stewart Manson, represented darkies
and sang plantation songs and as
sisted the Martha Washingtons in
serving Mrs. A. Wilterding, dressed
as a mother of colonial times, rem
dered solo, Listen to the Mocking
Bird" Rev. D. ]. Williams represented
John Wesley and was costumed in long
robes. Mrs. Secor as Jenny Lind, the
Swedish nightingale, sang Home
Sweet Home" The singing of "Amer-
lea" closed the evenings program
Following the program refreshments
were served. About two hundred peo.
pie were present, and about forty
were in costume.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-29
NO GREAT DANGER

Some of the old timers are looking
for a food in the Wisconsin river
during the coming spring thaws, on
account of the imense amount of snow
and ice on the ground. We may have
such a flood, of course. but the
chances are about even that there will
be no trouble. The experience has
usually been that when we have thaws
the river raises and then will come a
freeze-up, allowing the waters to sub
side and then another thaw and a
freeze-up, until all danger is past.
If we have continued warm weather
accompanied by rains. a food will be
had, no matter if there is not an abun-
dance of snow. There is no. use of
borrowing trouble about this, but it
is always well for those interested
to make ample preparations for any
emergency.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-29
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
WAUSAU PILOT THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO

convenient working condition, as re-
CARDS help, new instruments, etc.
Improvements on Third street have
commenced in dead earnest and
promise to be stable and lasting.
The street commissioner with force of
men, assisted by the city engineer,
Chas. Nutter, have labored the entire
week and their plan seems to be: To
grade the street from the center, hav-
ing an incline of about twelve inches,
the cutters each side to be laid with
3xS inch planks, each block to have
grade OF nine inches to make perfect
drainage and the street to the gutter
to be covered with rotten stone.
Rib mills owned by B. Single, fin
ished saving logs last Friday, after
saving 100000 feet of lumber. The
mill has been in operation but five
weeks which shows a good average
considering the delays of starting, etc.
There is another weeks work saving
llL1OS1, dllcI WHICH u Will D6
shut down for the season. We under
stand that the pine timber on Little
Rib is exhausted and that the mill is
for sale.
The lumber firm of Clark, Johnson
& Co., of this city, has been formed
into a stock company with a capital |
of $15O,OOO.
Will Scholfield has lumber on the |
ground, corner of Fourth and Nc
Clellan streets, preparatory to erect |
ing barn. A residence will also |
grow there some day.
At the last regular meeting of Wau-
sau Lodge, No. 215, of the l. o. o. F.
on Friday evening, the following Off |
GERS were installed:
N. G.-L. Marchetti.
V. G.-E. c. Zimmerman.
Treas.-J. Ringle.
Sec.-F. T. Zentner.
Fred Zentner and Carl Paff have en-
tered into partnership, and here
after the wholesale paint and oil store
of Stroud & Zentner will be under
their management and control.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-29
MARATHON COUNTY
MEDICAL SOCIETY

The Marathon County Medical So
ciety met in monthly session Friday.
In the afternoon DR.. Louis F. Jermain,
President of the Wisconsin Medical
society and dean of the department
of Medicine of the Marquette univer-
sity, came up to be present at the
meeting and in the afternoon con-
Quoted a very interesting clinic be-
fore the members of the society in the
offices of DR.. L. NJ. Willard. A dinner
was given by the society in the eve
ming at the Wausau club, at which
DR.. Jermain delivered an address on
Ulcer of the Stomach" This was
followed by a discussion. 1t was a
very successful meeting
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-29
ELECTROCUTED
liner Benson of This City Loses His
Life While at Work at MOsinee
Wednesday.

liner Benson, son of Mrs. z. J. Ben
son of this city, while engaged in put
ting in hot air pipes at the plant of the
Wausau Sulphate Fibre Co., at Mosi-
nee, was electrocuted Wednesday
shortly before noon. The young man
accidentally came in contact with a
live wire, carrying an electric voltage
of $50. Mr.. Benson and Otto Wehlitz,
employed by the Columbo Heating and
Sheet Metal company, were putting
the piping along the ceiling, and
planks had been placed across the
beams on which they were working.
1t appears that Benson climbed down
from this platform onto the channel
irons below, where he sat resting one
arm on steel pipe, and idly swinging
his feet, when he received the shock
causing fatal results. He was at once
taken to the mill superintendent's Of
flee and message sent to this city.
Arthur Columbo and fireman Otto Bar
tells took the pulmotor and went to
Mosinee in very short time by auto
mobile, and a physician was also i'm
mediately called, but all efforts to save
him from this terrible death failed.
In the afternoon word was sent here
that he was dead and the body was
brought to this city Wednesday eve
ming and prepared for burial at the
Ritter & Deutsch undertaking parlors
and later removed to the home of his
mother. The funeral was held Sat-
urday afternoon at the Norwegian
Lutheran church, Rev. o. T. Boe con-
Quoting the services. Interment was
made in Pine Grove cemetery.
Deceased was twenty years of age
and his untimely death is mourned
by his mother and six sisters and
brother, Mrs. Oliver Brenwell, Mrs.
Otto Sternberg, Mabel, Margaret, Sell
ma and Helen Benson and Olaf Benson
all of Wausau.
This is the second violent death in
the Benson family. Iner's father, Ed
ward Benson, was accidentally killed
about four years ago. While engaged
in digging a trench in which to run a
water pipe to the potash factory, the
banks caved in and he was smothered
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-29
POETRY

Days are growing longer Sing a song
o. cheer!
We're getting home to supper ere the
night draws near.
Cutters gush and gurgle! Rinkty
doodle-do!
We're skipping like water bug; why
don't you?
We know that's poetry, because We
wrote it ourself. And we shall con-
tinue to maintain that it is poetry des-
pite the certain verdict of literary
critic to the contrary.
Days growing longer are poetic; so
are roadside bitches full to overflow
ing with molten snow maelstroming g
around the street corners.
There1l be sloppy days on and of
for weeks to come, but every pile of
slush brings spring little nearer to
this vale of cheers.-Green Bay Press
Gazette.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-29
Monday July %. 1852.

The Odd Fellows intend to dedicat
their hall next week.
Brick laying has commenced upoI
the residence of NJ. A. Hurley.
Arthur Millard was on our street.
for the first time in two weeks, Thurs
day. He has been down with in
flammatory rheumatism.
John Manson, who has been con,
fined to his bed for about three weeks
we are pleased to announce, will soor
be himself again. He walked down
town Saturday and had his beard am
putated
Mrs. R. P. Manson returned home
from Lacrosse on Friday last.
Chas. Guenther, thriving young bus
mess man of Knowlton, was up on
Tuesday.
c. ]. Crawley and wife of Pipestone,
Mimi, have been making a visit to
their relatives and friends at Scho-
field.
Mrs. w. D. McIndoe, her guest, Miss
Taylor, of ST. Louis have been in Wau-
paca and vicinity for the past week,
returned on Friday.
Last Monday Chas. Harger and R..
H. Johnson shook off their arduous
business responsibilities and resolved
to brace up on Chicago air.
We received a very pleasant call
from Hon. E. l.. Browne of Waupaca,
on Friday.
Pelican Lake, since the completion
of the Lake Shore road, has been quite
a popular resort, and our citizens flock
there by tWos and threes and re-
turn with some "fshy" stories but
with nary a fish. The latest dele
cation boarded the train last Monday
of S. H. Alban, B. w. James
and c. V. Bardeen. They returned
Last Tuesday Frank Bardeen went
to Milwaukee for the purpose of get
ting the Wausau Telephone exchange,
of which he is manager, in a more