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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12
TWOI|MPORTANT CASES
SCHEDULED THURSDAY
HODGE MARIAN CRIMINAL As
SAULT CASE WILL BE CALL
ED At % O'CLOCk.
Two Special Nenires Totalling tJi
Men Have Been Summoned
in the Two Csscs.

Two important cases will come up
in district court Thursday and two
special venires numbering l54 men
viii answer summons. These cases
are Hodge Marian. charged With
criminal assault upon his own
daughter, and James Thomas.
charged with the murder OF his
brother. These cases will complete
the heavy part of the criminal dock
eft for the present term, since the
Powers cases have been continual
until next term of court.
Judge Hawkins fixed the bonds
of the defendants, ]. II. A. Powers
and Stacey Powers. at $4,000 in
each case. If bail is furnished the
men will be released.
Tet Williams was found guilty of
pursuing the occupation of selling
whiskey in local option territory
and given two years in state prison.
Earl Harvey, forgery, continued
by the state.
s. b. Hart, forgery and having
forged instruments in his possession,
acquitted.
Sentence was passed on George
McBey for five years in state pris-
on, following conviction last week.
Morris Johnson, theft of animal.
set for July II.
Fred Miller. forgery and passing
in two cases, set for July II. j. o.
Watson was appointed to represent
defendant.
Mosicle Johnson. burglary. set for
July II. j. o. Watson appointed
to represent defendant.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12
Priceless Praise.

A tug, which had suffered badly from
a collision with the wharf. had under
gone extensive repairs. After these
had been executed the owner Of the
vessel called to pay the account, and
incidentally to express his satisfaction
with the way the job had been 'dohc.
Just a moment" said the manager
of the ship-building yard, smiling. IF
you don't mind, I'D. like to call In the
foreman in charge of the job and LEI
him hear what you say ~ as IL.
A few minutes later burly. son Of
Erin stood in the Office and listened
respectfully to the praise. As he
turned to go away again the foreman
spoke to the manager. 'H
'Sure. sor," said he, lis this honor
able mintion, or does 1t carry o
proize" {aa
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
AND CURRENT COMMENT.
BY BILL cox.

The first Monday crowd Was not
large and I have not had the privi-
lege OF greeting Saturday visitors for
some tine. Last Monday J. II. KEEL
ley of sardis told, me to send the
Enterprise to Mrs ,kelley and as a
guarantee of good faith handed me
4 dollar. II. II. Atkins. Il substan-
from waxahachie + quoted me
With some coin. Mrs. B.L. Alex
ander of Waxahachie q has about
recovered from the effects o. an
operation and is visiting in the home
of X. Il. L. Wood at Vernon. y. w.
Mckoy OF Forreston community
sends the Enterprise to his broth-in-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12
BAND CONCERT FRIDAY
NIGHT WILL Be TREAT
PLEASING PROGRAM is ARRAN-
GED FOR ENTERTAINMENT
OF THE CROWD.
People from Country and Surround
ing Towns Have a Pressing
Invitation to Attend.

Attention is again called to the
band concert to be given at Sims
library grounds on Friday night of
this week by the Waxahachie Lone
Star band. 1t will be free to every
body and the citizens and visitors
are urged to attend. Invitation is
also extended to the. people living
adjoining to Waxahachie and in the
smaller towns of the county. 1t will
be kind of outing to drive over af-
ter supper and hear fine concert.
The following program will be
rendered:
Garden of Roses-concert waltz
-. Ellis Brooks
Floto's Grand Pageant, w. English
The Merrys Widow opera selec-
.tion :. . Franz Lehar
Sandy River Rag. :. Thos. s. Allen
=. 10 minutes intermission.
Impassioned Dream - Mexican
waltzes q. D. Rosas
The Calvary Wiggle ....:... Z
...,. J. 0. Brockenshire
The Glow 'Worm-selection -.
Paul Lincke
Stars and Stripes Forever 1855.
....... John Philip Sousa
Star Spangled Banner.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12
Double Photography.

Those of you who have seen films
In which Il player taking two parts APP
pears in those parts at one and the
same time. In the same scene. will
wonder how IL Is done. The player, of
course, does not play both parts at
once He. or she. plays one part. and
while doing so the camera operator.
by one Of his many tricks. keeps blank
that portion OF the film on which the
player is photographed taking his 9th
er part. When that part In which he
has played is finished the operator
winds back the film 10 the beginning,
and the unexposed blank portion e
exposed for the first tine. while tas
other part IL covered. Then The h.
er takes the other part. ~
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12

work and washing for eleven and ! can
ruthfully say Lydia Z. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has been godsend
TO me for would have been in my grave
today but for it. l would tell all wo-
men suffering as was to try your valu-
able remedy. - Mrs. WIN. GREEN, 1872
s. Addison Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
There is hardly neighborhood in this
country, wherein some woman has not
found health by using this good old
fashioned root and herb remedy.
If there is anything about which yon
would like special advice, writ TO the
Lydia T. pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn
Ness
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12
PRESIDING ELDERS TO HOLD
MEETING IN DALLAS.

DALLAS. Texas. July 1.-THE
presiding elders OF Texas, Oklahoma
and New Mexico OF the Methodist
Episcopal church. South, will mest
In Dallas September 20 and II.
About eighty of them are expected
to be present.
The second term of Southern
Methodist university will begin Sept
81. An enrolment OF about 500 to
1000 is expected this year. and It
II thought that most of the students
will try to arrive here In time to ats
tend the pageant and to start with
their classes on. the opening day Of
the university. &
The presiding elders will attend
the pagoant and other meetings incl
dent to the Opening OF the univer.
sity. y
Bishop L. f. Hoss OF Mnskogee.
Okla. has been invited to delivuf
an address on The unification u
Methodisin."
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12

addition to the regular work of the
department, hearings by Commits
sioners' courts on the creation of
levee improvement districts have
been held and new districts created,
as follows:
Ellis County Levee Improvement
District No. 4, at Waxahachie.
Henderson County Levee Improve
ment District No. /. at Athens.
Red River County Levee Improve
nent District No. /. Clarksville.
Dallas County Improvement Dis
trict No. 2, at Dallas.
Delta County Improvement Dis
trict No. i at Cooper.
Collin County Levee Improvement
District No. /, at Mckinney.
Levee improvement plans have
been examined and approved by the
state reclamation engineer as fol-
lows:
Navarro county-Private levee on
Chambers and Waxahachie creeks.
Kaufman County Improvement
District No. l, for raising grade on
main ieyee on Trinity river.
Fannin county-Private levee on
Bots dare creek.
Ellis County Levee Improvement
District No. a, on Waxahachie and
Onion creeks.
Anderson County sLevee and I'M
provement District No. /, on Trinity
river.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12
WING out barbecue DEFICIT.

b. +. Crews is the first citizen to
respond to the call for funds To
cover the deficit on the barbecue out
side of the members of the finance
committee who donated S35 towards
wiping ont the S165 deficit. Mr.
Crews dropped into the Daily Light
office this afternoon and left 81 to
be applied on the fund. He says he
feels that 1t was worth the 81 to
see such a patriotic demonstration
and have the good time that follow
ed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12
WORK OF RECLAMATION
GOES STEADILY FORWARD

AUSTIN, Texas, July 12.-State
Reclamation Engineer Arthur A.
Stiles has returned from a protraet-
ed absence in the. field. The work
of the state reclamation department
has gone steadily forward and active
interest is being manifested in levee
building. In the last few weeks, in
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12

down tnat L coulC
not work. | was
thin, pale and weak,
weig h ed but 1909
pounds and was in
b e d m st of the
time. / began TAX
ing Lydia E. Pink
hams We ge t a b le
Compound and five
m on tn S La ter 1
weighed 1873 pounds.
4 do all the hOtlse-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12

Charles Simpson. son OF Or. and
Mrs. c. w. Simpson, came in last
night from Plattsburg training camp
In New York state where he spent Il
month after very pleasant school
year at Harvard. Charles declares
he enjoyed the training camp expert
ence very much and feels that II Is
worth while to spend month each
year In such camp. This young
man after completing literary
course In Harvard took up the study
OF medicine last year and Is pro-
crossing nicely. He Is specializing
II. surgery. "
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12

Considered by and large, men
make about as good husbands as
women do wives.
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WIFE ZOO I'LL
! TO. WORK
In BED MOST OF TIME
Her Health Restored by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Indianapolis, Indiana = "My health
was so poor and my constitution so run
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-12
At the Dixie.

seventeenth episode of the
serial 1.-The Iron Claw" is be-
lOwn at the Dixie theatre to-
,The title of this number is
finishing Fakir." Pearl White
urong cast are playing this
IRE. Other attractions az
Vtoday are an Imp drama,
We Boomerang" featuring
1am and Edith Roberts,
NOUS cartoonist, Harry
vs. cartoons, on the same
b. America First" with
traveller in the Yellow
park. A Laemmle
lance at Random"
rt Julian and Elsie
Tomorrow Billie
the fourth chapter
Vance," and Friday
Ia Mutual Master
sed Years" in five
~es<s
mpire.
Agnes Vernon
2laying the lead
eEmpire today
false Fakir,"
the Empire pro-
Mustang two act
1fPlumas," with
Helene Rosson
otngle reel is a
" Van Denson's
AZURE featur-
Carl Holloway
Friday the En-
Teathersfive act
eCan Do" Be
he old favorites,
fancis Ford, will
IRE, peg o. the
~ Charles Chap
4pre.
Qleen.
/ T. is the big
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4ieen.
u" is the big
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-21
Britain Jumps Hour.

London, May 20.-The hands on all
clocks on British postoffices, newspa-
per offices, police stations and other
places where business is conducted
throughout the night will be pushed
forward at 2 o'clock Sunday morning
to o'clock, in accordance with the
daylight act. The people will put
their clocks and watches one hour
ahead before going to bed or will
awake to find themselves late for
breakfast.
The new schedule will run until Sep
tember 80, when clocks will be stopped
for an hour. Factories, banks, stores,
trains, hotels, and restaurants will all
conform to the new time schedule. A
few persons deride the daylight saving
scheme, but they will be practically
forced into line by its acceptance in
all public institutions.
(The addition of an extra hour to
the European day enables the Ameri-
can afternoon papers to cover Euro
pean news even more completely than
before)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-21
Methodist Mission Council.

Since reaching Saltillo I have been
studying political conditions at close
range. | am glad to be here. The
opportunities for effectual service are
unlimited. Last Sunday our church
was almost full of earnest, intelligent
worshipers. Because of the still un-
settled condition of affairs, we have
decided to open only part of the
normal department. We are inviting
only the students who formed the
junior class when the department was
closed. Our purpose is to let them
finish their studies, obtain their di-
plomas, and thus be able to secure
good positions as teachers.
A teachers congress institute, we
would call it, has been in session
here several weeks. A goodly num-
Der of them have been educated Who'll
ly or in part in our school; nearly
all of them are graduates from our
normal department. Our eX-students
are teaching in twelve states.
Our premises were respected by all
the factions that occupied Saltillo
from time to time, but when the
United States took Vera Cruz the
building had to be left in charge of
students only; families were afraid to
live in the building. 1t was then
probably that we lost all of our bed
ding except mattresses. We were
short of blankets, comforts, pillows,
sheets, pillow cases, towels, and cur
tains. Is it right to ask the societies
to supply these things for us as
they did for Holding Institute?
Since the above was written Miss
Roberts has been called out of Mex
leo because of the disturbed condi-
tions that grew out of the entrance
of the United States army. If any
societies care to respond to her appeal
for supplies, they should send such
materials to Miss Leila Roberts, Bon
ham, Tex, and should report the
same to their superintendent of sup
plies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-21
SANDERS
WINS OVER
FLEMING
LOCAL BOY PUTS 1T ALL OVER
THE LAD FROM KANSAS CITY
FANS SEE SOME SWIFT AC-
TON AT FORT WORTH.

Fort Worth Tex, May 20.-Frankie
Sanders, the sensational Ardmore far
yorite, won over Carl Fleming OF
Kansas City in a fifteen-round fight
here last night. The fight was fast and
furious and had the fans on their feet
throughout the entire contest. Both
boys We're battling hard throughout
the fight.
Sanders drew the claret from Elem.
ing as early as the second round
and he kept that member bleeding
until the end. Despite the fact that
Sanders had fought the night before
he showed no i'll effects of the fight
Sanders workers like machinery and
his judge of distance was great.
frankie had Fleming swinging like
"A gate, and Carl was a badly beaten
boy at the end.
The first few rounds were pretty
even, as both boys were feeling each
other out. The third, fourth and
fifth rounds belonged to Sanders. Carl
came back strong in the sixth and
the best he could get was an even
break. The seventh round was a
stormy one for Carl as Sanders kept
driving Fleming around the ring with
fierce body punches, and Carl was
glad to hang on. Carl surprised the
fans and came back strong at Frank.
ie and he had a shade the best of
the eighth. The ninth and tenth
rounds were full of action, as both
boys were trying to put over the
sleep pill. The eleventh and twelfth
rounds belonged to Fleming, as it
could be seen that frankie was very
opening In this round frankie did
some clever ducking, and had Carl
swinging like an old barn gate Carl
was missing punch after punch and
if one of those had landed on Frank
ie it would have meant defeat, for
they certainly carried lot of steam
behind them. The thirteenth was a
very even affair and at the close of
the round the boys failed to hear the
bell ring and they kept fighting until
they were parted by their seconds.
The fourteenth round belonged to
Sanders by a mile, and he kept after
Fleming all the time. The last and
fifteenth was a thriller, as they were
after one another all the time, and
Frankie kept after Fleming's body
and face all throughout the fight, and
it was seen that it was Sanders fight.
frankie Tucker challenged the win
ner and the boys will fight it out in
the next few weeks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-21
RICH MAN, POOR MAN BEGGAR
MAN
(By Herbert Kaufman In June
Cosmopolitan


He used to be as wealthy as you
every wish in the world was his. But
! that was when he lived in a tumble
down house on the edge of the Land
of Dreams where the riches grow. Now
he's the rich old man who lives in
the poorhouse across the street.
He has all kinds Of money-stacks
more than you'll ever get-all sorts,
except the spending kind.
He didn't educate his fortune, so it
grew up ignorant and illiterate.
He didn't train it to need things, but
stuck it away in dark vaults and let 1t
90 blind, or sent it out in the world
to work in grimy shops and toll in
counting-rooms, where it grew mean
and meaningless.
He taught it to barter and battle,
to drive hard bargains with weak folk
and needy people, until it became wolf
money, which turned upon him in its
hunger, leu upOH llo HIShlo anu uot -,
and ate up his heart and magma
ton.
1t trailed the lanes of poverty and
raced the avenues of profit so long
that he couldn't tame it to hunt hap
piness.
lie thought that love and friendship
and pay-hours would wait behind
while he hurried on to make his pile.
lie meant to send his millions back
to find them when he had the time to
spare, but they died of neglect, and
even a golden spade won't dig them
out of the years.
He emptied his life to fill his purse
and now he cant reverse the deal.
His ship will never come home.
Somewhere beyond the horizons of
memory, the yearnings of his youth
lie stranded on the reefs.
We still so sailing in our argosies
of hope.
Poor old maroon-alone on a barren
island with a treasure-chest!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-21
POST OFFICE DISCONTINUED
New Town Of xenophon Started by
J. A. Trail, North Of Glenn.

In all probability Carter County
will soon have a brand new post of
fee and its name will not be so easily
spelled, but it sounds very dignified
and with a name like that the town
should be one of the important places
in the county. The office at Glenn
has been discontinued. \ store is
still located there, but the town is
located off the section line and the
office was used by so few people that
it has been discontinued. J. A. Trail
who owns a farm a little more than a
mile north of Glenn, has built store
on the section line and he win take
care of a post office if the govern
ment will establish one there. He will
name the new town Xenophon in honor
of a town in Tennessee. Mr.. Trail has
lived in that community for twelve
years. he has a fine farm and always
raises big crops. He will carry a
good line of merchandise and will
give good service to the people as
postmaster ii the government decides
TO establish one there.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-21
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S
LAST PRAYER

Bless to us our extraordinary mer-
cies; if the day come when these
must be taken, brace us to play the
man under afnction. Go with
each of us to rest; if any awake
temper to them the dark hours of
watching, and when the day returns,
return to us, our sun and comforter,
and call us up with morning faces and
morning hearts-eager to labor, eager
to be happy, if happiness shall be
our portion; and if the day be mark
ed for sorrow, strong to endure it,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-21
Douglass High School, (coI.)

Announcement of the closing eXer
cises of the Douglass high schoo
(col.) at Mount Zion Baptist church.
Sunday, May u, Educational Sermon
by Rev. Il. r. Miller, d. D., pastor OF
Warren chapel NJ. E. church, at 3 p
m.
Monday, p. m, primary depart
ment, admission 10 cents.
Tuesday, p. m, primary and inter
mediate departments, admission 1Oc
Wednesday, p. m, graduating eX
ercises. Address by Hon. w. E. King
editor of Dallas Express. Admission
10 cents.
Thursday and Friday will be eXhibi
ton and promotion days. The public
at large is cordially invited to be pres
ent. u. a. KEN ON,
2l-2t Principal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-21
NOTICE

In the County Court of Carter County
Oklahoma.
In the Matter of the Estate of Doris
Coffey, ct al. Minors; Lille Coffey
Guardian. No. 76S st.
BY an order of the court, notice is
hereby given that an oil and gas lease
will be sold on an undivided 2-9 inter
est in the following lands:
Undivided two-thirds interest W.
of NW4 of section 5, township . south
range l east, and containing so acres
The above oil and gas lease will be
sold for a sum not less than $4,000. in
the county court room of Carter coun'
ty, Oklahoma, at D m. on the 9th
day of May, 1916.
LILLE COFFEY,
2l-6 Guardian
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-21
RATE CASES
CONTINUED
TO TUESDAY
TIME is GIVEN FOR RAILROAD
LAWYERS TO PREPARE CASE
STATE EXPERT CONCLUDES
DIRECT TESTIMONY.

Oklahoma City, May 20.-The rate
case was continued until Tuesday
next, to permit the railroad lawyers
and accountants to prepare for the
| cross-eXamination of c. S. Ludlam
State expert, whose direct testimony
was closed at noon. The State had
no other witnesses to put on the
stand in the interim, hence the ad
journment for three days.
In his testimony today Mr.. Lud
lam considered at length in his ex'
hibits the engine-ton-mile theory
of apportioning the cost of main
tenance of way and structure as be,
tween freight and passenger bust.
ness. This engine-tou-mile theory
has been adopted by the carriers.
1t is opposed by the State. In the
recent Western passenger rate cases
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion declined to follow either the
engine-ton-mile or the gross-ton-mile
theory, but adopted a tentative meas
ure of its own.
Mr.. Ludlam today set forth eX-
hibits showing what would have re-
suited had the division been made
by the railroads in other ways than
the engine-ton-mile. He gave APP
portionment under the questionable
theory, expense of repairs, rene walls,
etc; car miles; locomotive car miles;
in three alternative cases; wheelage;
accounting department payrolls; fuel
consumption, and transportation eX-
pense. While he adopted none of them
he said the average of the whole
might afford a reasonable basis for
the courts consideration. He con-
sidered as the most reasonable basis
that of wheelage or fuel consumption.
All the bases show higher charges
than the engine-ton-mile theory Of
the railroads.
"Is the engine-ton-mile basis fair
and equitable?' asked Attorney Gen
eral Freezing.
objection was made by S. T. Bled-
soc, general attorney for the Santa
Fe
Judge Youmans said the question
asked is the very question involved in
the whole controversy over rates. "lt
would be better" he continued, "if
questions were asked that would help
the court to reach conclusion. 1t
has been demonstrated to me that in
the particular questions considered
here nobody has had any experience
in this sort of accounting and book
keeping The question was allowed.
Mr.. Ludlam said the engine-ton-mile
is not, in his opinion, a proper meas
ure for many reasons. He enumerated
several that have to do with the use
of main line and side tracks by diff
ferent classes Of engines in switch
ing while in line duty. He showed
that this adds too great proper
ton of the burden to the charge
against the passenger service.
The testimony of Mr.. Ludlam has
been positive. That his theories are
to be attacked with all the zeal and
6nesse possible is evident from the
care with which his testimony has
been noted by expert accountants of
the carriers. Some of them have
said since court recessed that there
are many loopholes in the Ludlam
testimony. Representatives of the
state are confident of the stability or
the exhibits made by Mr.. Ludlam.
They are the backbone of the defense.