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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18
ENGLISH MOVIE FANS GREET
WILSON'S PICTURES SILENTLY

LONDON. May s, (By mann --'fne
best cheere oman in England Is Sir
John Jellicoe.
The silent little admiral who sits
or the British navy lid 1t today
England's most popular hero.
This messages comes from the
British movie theatre-a reliable
barometer OF public sentiment
Lord Gitchner's face on the screen
always gets IA hand"
Sir John French is sometimes
cheered.
Murmuts OF probable admiration
rcll through the audiences when Sir
Douglas Haig, Sir Charles Monroe
or other British generals in the field
show up.
Members OF the cabinet are met
with approval always. but no loud
demonstrations
President Wilson and American
notahles are greeted silently.
But sit in any British movie the
alter and let the operator throw the
strong. prominent messed face of Sir
John Jellicoe on the kalsamine and
the tumult of hand clapping and
cheering rolls forth from stalls to
gallery.
Jellicoe is a Sphinx-the Mystery
Admiral. He has established a rep
utation for deeds and not words.
In his face is action. determination
lightning decision. self control and
wisdom.
Nowhere outside the grea; walls
Of the Admiralty building in White
hall is anything known OF Jellicoe
az present Here the slender STRINGS
OF wireless antennae swinging over
the building connect with the aerisls
Of Jeilicoe's ship Somewhere in the
North Sea" where he is waiting for
the Germans 70 come out superiu-
tendins the naval blockade aud al
NAYS adjusting the final twist OF
preparedness Which has kent Ems
land from sharing the fate of Bel
GUM. Poland and Serbia.
Ordinary British folk Who 80 %
movie theatcrs and never share the
secrsts ~ the admiralty wireless
have learned TO connect the aaale ~
Jelaeoe alth she security they snsog
Ni home. - every time his lace . =
pears thex cheer if wildly.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18

This town Ii very quiet this week,
as out In the surrounding country
the battle IL being fought with Gen.
eral Green.
Little Miss Jewel Garyin the lit
tie daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M. II.
Carvin, while at play in the yard
Sunday afternoon swallowed a piece
Iof steel, which liz considered. very
serious at this time.
r. Tie Chiidren's Day was very SAT-
|isfactory Sunday. Splendid program,
large crowd. Our program COM
bined the Chiidren's and Mothers
Day.
Uncle Josh Delk, Mrs. Il. J. Delk
and daughters. Misses Jewel Kelly,
Emma Brateher. Eva and Clara Nc
CARNEY, Messrs. Ewei Roe. Benton
Allen. Bill Kelly aud Dewey Erby
constituted fishing party at the
forks Of the creek Tuesday, cooking
and eating on the banks I the
creek. Dewey Erby was the cham
pion fisher for numbers and Uncle
Josh Deik for quantity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Parkinson and
children. Mr.. and Mrs. r. #. Middle
ton and children We're Sunday
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Will
liams.
8 Rev. Wagner and family and the
families OF Messrs. w. T. Eastman
and II. Hawks were with DR.. and
Mrs. Poplin Sunday.
A number of Long Branch peo-
pie attended the Children's Day
program here sunday. We are al
ways glad TO have those good folks.
Mr.. and Mfrs. Jim Gray OF Long
Branch we're here Sunday, taking
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Byrum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Seay were
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18
COOPERATIVE R0l0 WORK
PROCURED MANY 5000 ROAOS

Aytces from fgill county state
that . new impetus has been given
road building throughout that coun-
Nv by the recent attacks Upon t's
bad roads, and nov there is a chance
10 construct good roads in number
lnf precincts. Various attempts have
been made to vote bonds for good
roads throughout that county. bat
with the exception OF precinct No.
II the effort has always failed. but
nov the good roads committee AMI
line people have agreed upon a plan
that will give good roads eventually
throughout the county The plan II
20 have The county reduce the road
bed 70 grade and the citizens along
the road win put the gravel on -.
lThe cooperative plan is being en-
pIoyed 10 secure good road from
Atchison to Woodbury. pike. A forts-
foot road bed has been assured by
1.-THE citizens who also propose TO put
gravel on the road when II is grad
ed.
This practice has been followed In
n number Of precincts in Ellis coun-
lty 10 make pixies oct OF the cross
roads. One, instance Is the road be-
tween Lone Elm and ssrdis In Com
missioner Delk's precinct. A CO.
Operative spirit was manifested here
land after the commissioner had put
1.-THE road 10 grade the people hauled
gravel and scattered Il over me
road, with large numbcrof people
and many team at work the road. a
mile and half long. was built In a
lday and half. IL Is one piece OF
road OF which Commissioner Delk Is
very proud.
Another instance wherein the pep
| pie through cooperation built a short
stretch OF good road Is at Red Oak
Ia half mile was built there In hall
Ia day. II the plan was followed
Throughout the county from time TO
thine many connecting links could be
made to give passibly good roads
throughout the various neighboi-
hoods in addition to the main pixies
lof the county.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18

guests OF Mr. and Mrs J. r. Tidweli
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. s. Fudge and
family OF waxahachie attended
church here Sunday night
Mr. and Mrs. ". ID. IIiEh Ct Wax
ahachlo spent Saturday 10 Monday
here with Dr. and Mrs. joyce, TAX
ing dinner Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. s. Byram.I
Dir. and Mrs. r. II. Hassell and
daughter Vera OF Long Branch were
here Sunday visiting the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bingham Hasseli
Miss Grace Delk has a house par
" at this time. consisting Of Misses
Emma and Myrtle Bratcher. Eva
and Clara McCaleb.
Miss Eugenia Fleeman Of Avalon
IL the guest this week OF her cousin,
Miss Ada Fleeman.
Mrs. Walter Bate of Warahachie
was here Sunday. the guest OF her
! parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. y. Kelly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Boyd and chill
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Rosco Sullivan
were with Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Mid
dleton Sunday.
Misses Yeta Eastman and Jake
Bratcher spent Tuesday with Mr..
VIM. Raiston.
i Mr.. and Mrs Briggs, Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. Workman or Waxahachie
and Mr.. and Mrs. O. G. and w. II.
Raines we're all guests Sunday OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Fin Darwin.
| Quite a crowd from here attend
ed singing at the Lone Elm school
house Sunday afternoon.
Miss Wayne Kirk OF Midlothian Is
the guest OF her sister. Mrs. Evan
Hassell. this week.
Mr.. Billingsly OF Fort Worth is
the guest this week of his sister,
Mrs. Sam Burns.
The young people were enter
tanned at the home OF II. j. Delk
Monday night. Progressive CONVEX
satlon and contests we're the fea-
lures OF the evening. Later in the
evening some piano selections were
rendered by Miss Bratcher and some
| good songs sung before departure.
| Tuesday night the young folks
enjoyed a delightful evening at the
| home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ralston.
Chess Stephenson and family OF
| Dickinson's Chapel attended church
here Sunday night.
| Mr.. and Mrs. w G. Miller spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen Roe.
| DR.. and Mrs. Tenery of Waxaha-
chic took supper Sunday night with
DR.. and Mrs" Poplin.
Remember Saturday and Sunday
IL Rev. Garrison's appointment at
the Baptist church. Everybody in
vitcd to attend, at night also.
Miss Jennie Mae Word was with
Grace Delk Sunday.
Mrs. w. ID. High and children
spent Sunday night with Mrs. John
Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haze Cox OF Ovilla
were guests OF the latter's grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. Turner,
recently.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18
N,FERREN STILL ALIVE7;
WIFE MUCH BETTER

DALLAS. Texas, May lS.-L K,
McFerren, who shot himself Mon
day. was reported TO ,be slightly
better at Falkland hospital this
morning. The pistol bullet pene-
trated his brain, however, and he
has only slight chance of recovery.
Mrs. Cora McFerren, victim of
MeFerren's pistol, is much improv-
cd. and doctors think she will get
we'll.
Chicago Parade on June 8.
CHICAGO, May 1S.-The prepar-
e6ness parade planned for Chicago
win be held on Saturday, June 3, II
has been decitleed 1t was' decided
to invite participation by twenty
five of the largest cities OF the
country.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18
The Bow Of II.

A boy wanted dog, and the rich
uncle said.
well. Eddie, suppose I give you
$500 for dog. Would you spend that
whole sum in one dog, or would you
buy pretty good dog and put the
rest of the money in the savings
bank e
well, uncle" replied Eddie, ''if you
leave 1t to me would buy 200 one
dollar dogs" Ladies' Home Journal
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18
T1sxAs VETERANS IN SHAN
BATTLE WITH MILITIA

1,lRMiNGHAM. Ala. May ls.--
n sham battle this afternoon bo
tween Alabama militia and two hnn
dred Texas veterans ended the re
uhion OF the United Confederate
Veterans in Birmingham. The eli
max came when the remnants of thu
izlen who wore III gray parsded ths
sf1sets this morning. The veterans
4erc preceded by the sponsors and
Military organisations.
Birmingham's population. hall
p>rthern and half southern. suspen.
a. business to watch the parade.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18
Winnino Success.

AS matter of fact, the world owes a
man nothing that he does not earn.
In this life man gets about what be
Is worth, and he must render an equiv
alent for what is given him. There is
no siieh thing as inactive SUCCESSFUL.
Russell II. Conwell in American Mag
azine.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18
Benevolsnce.

There cannot be more glorious OBJ
Jeet in creation than a human being.
replete with benevolenee, meditating
In what manner he might render him
self most accepted to his Creator by
doing most good to his creatures
Fielding.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18

fapa-l promised to buy You hicy-
Gle II You passed your exam. at school.
hut You have failed What have YOU
been DOING Tommy-Learnlng 10 ride
bicycle. .papa.-Chicago Herald.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18

Scot tat the baths)-What's the price
81 bath: A;tenlant-one shilling
ssot-Heeh, nsan, that's lot. Can We
no say sixrence anl put IN less water.
-London Tit Bits.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18

hAicSer-Wh2t does Jones look Ike:
bes1 er-Ae has : hose Tor news. an
ear Tor gossip and an eye Tor Tie main
ehaLce--New YORK Sun.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-18
SNOrHEs INDEMNITY
IN SUSSEX CASE,

BERNE. Switzerland. May 49,
Ino federal department announced
'tSdsy the German government had
eEpressed II sregret that two Swiss
clti.ens lost their lives when the
neeecx was torpedoed by German
s4bmarine and has proposed to in
dnnify the families Of the victims
Subscribe Tor the psflv L,sht.
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TIE Utopia . today : tie reality OF
toza0r.ow.-PaSsv.
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21
BRYAN TO SPEAK
IN M|NOT WfDkES-
DAY EVE. SEPT. 18th
Great COmmOner Will Appear at 8
O'clock that Evening-Speaks
During Day at Points West

William Jennings Bryan, the Great
Commoner, will speak in Minot at the
armory, Wednesday evening, Sept. 81,
at 8 o'clock. He will speak at Willis
ton at l o'clock the same afternoon, at
Ray at 3 o'clock and at Stanley at
4:3O.
The former secretary of state will
undoubtedly be greeted by a vast
crowd and it is hardly possible that all
will be able to hear him. This is prob
ably the last time that the people Of
North Dakota will have an opportuni-
ty of hearing Bryan in our own state.
The Minot meeting will be the one big
democratic meeting Of the present
campaign.
Halvor L. Halvorson, chairman of
the democratic county central COM
mittee, and c. R. Bierly, temporary
secretary, have the arrangements for
the meeting well in hand. Efforts are
now being made to run special trains
from Grand Forks and Fargo. Mr..
Bryan and party will travel from Will
liston to Minot in special train.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21
Sold Surrey Garage.

J. B. and w. E. McEwen have dis
posed of their garage and machine
shop at Surrey to Thorwald and Peter
Greenburg, who took possession Mon
dav. The McEwen brothers made a
big success of the business during the
past season and as the new owners
are also good hustlers, they are ex-
pected to do as well.
W. S. Young, Surrey banker, re-
ports practically all of the threshing
completed in that neighborhood, the
wheat averaging from five to ten
bushels. While the yield was light
and the grade not extra good, quite; a
large sum will be realized from the
crop. The farmers are now busy plow-
ing and will be in good shape for next
season. Byron Hardy's wheat aver
aged 10 bushels, grading. No. l.: he
will save the entire crop for Seed
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21
FOUR MEN ARE HELD UP
Mat Lahit of Gackle, N. D., Refused
to Hold Hands Up and Was Shot
in Hip-Four Are Arrested

A bold hold-up occurred near the
sand-pit in the southwestern part of
the city late Saturday night when
three negroes and one white man are
said to have held up Mat Lahit of
Gackle, N. D., and his three compan-
ions. When Lahit refused to throw up
his hands, one of the negroes shot him
in the hip, the bullet making serious
wound. The man will recover.
The alleged robbers, who have been
arrested are Hamilton, Henry Smith,
and Frank Oliver, all colored, and H
H. Stratton, white.
The thugs got $40 from Lahit, SIG
from another, $500 from another and
a watch from the fourth victim Of
ficers declare that Hamilton, who was
arrested ten minutes after the rob-
berry, had Lahit's money. A gun was
found on him with one chamber
empty.
Stratton is said to be high jack
artist. Four years ago he was ar
rested at Bowbells in connection with
a robbery. He was held in the county
Jail, but after the chief witness es-
capped from the county Jail Stratton
was set free. M
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21
JEWISH new YEAR SYMBOLISM
By Rev. DIR, A. Wolf.

in order to try his faithfulness let him
be told to bring that son as sacrifice.
Satan, is standing before God accusing
told Abraham to bring Isaac as a sac
rifice and he unhesitatingly obeyed
and the Mastema was thus confound-
ed through the willingness of Abra-
ham to fulfill Gods command. Ac-
cording to another legend, Satan was
not satisfied merely with trying the
faithfulness of Abraham through this
command, but he endeavored to pre-
vent Abraham by many devices from
carrying out his wish, and he obstruct-
ed him in his way in divers manners.
Once he transformed himself into a
deep stream, through which Abraham
and Isaac had to wade, and they were
nearly drowned, until Abraham, rec
ognizing the locality, remembered
that there was no stream and that it
must be trick of the enemy to pre-
vent him going to the mount. Immed-
lately the river dried up. Satan tried
to seduce Isaac, but all in vain, until at
last his whole plan was destroyed by
the substitution Of the RAM All this,
according to very old traditions, hap
pened on the first day of Tishri, on the
very day of the New Year, and hence
the ordinance of blowing the Shofar,
taken from the horn of that miracu-
lous ram. AS soon, then, as the old
enemy sees the rams horn and hears
the blowing of the Shofar he is con-
founded and put to flight. All his
Vaccinations have proved vain in the
olden times, and by substitution of
the modern for the old, his machina-
lions and temptations in the year that
has passed are sure to be confounded
also by the sound of the Shofar and
by the recollection it evokes. For this
reason the portion from Genesis is Sc
lected to be read as the portion of the
law in strict accordance with that ira
dltion. which states that it was on this
day that the sacrifice of Isaac had
happened. Another legend tells US
that the accuser first brings the sun
as witness before God in order to tes-
tlfy to the sinfulness of the Jews, but
God asks for second witness. In
vain does Satan search for the moon,
for she has hidden herself. The poet
ry OF the situation requires no further
elaboration. It is self-evident and
transparent. No one takes these fig
ures of speech literally and it is an
easy task to put this Satan to flight
as our forefathers did, by blowing the
Shofar. That ram could not but be a
miraculous animal, predestined from
the Creation to be some day substitut-
ed for Isaac and to bring about the re-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21
ILLINOIS MAN FACES
SERIOUS CHARGE
ThOs. c. Heather, Alias C. c. Moore
Faces Prosecution Under Mann
Act-Attacked Hotel Proprietor

Thomas C. Heather, aged 35 years,
whose former home was Sangamore
county, ILL.,, was placed under arrest
shortly after midnight Saturday
night, just after he had boarded No.
1O8 on the 500, intending to leave
with an eighteen-year-old girl who ac-
companied him to this city from
Springfield, H., and who lived with
him at the Northwestern hotel in this
city as his wife for two months.
Heather was arrested on a charge
of assault with dangerous weapon
with intent to do great bodily harm.
The complaining witness is r. Learn,
manager of the hotel, who was stab
bed in the head by Heather, following
a dispute over room rent. Officers say
they will file more serious charge
against the man, that of violating the
Mann act.
Heather while in the city went un-
der the assumed name of C. C. Moore.
He has been employed by Guthrie, the
6. N. contracto and it is said that he
has been writing insurance. The other
day the hotel manager went into the
girls room on an errand and he was
found there by Heather, who charged
Learn with being intimate with the
girl. When Heather prepared to leave
Saturday night, he kept $500 out of
the room rent. Heather threw his
grips out of the rear window, but
Learn heard him and found them in
the yard and locked them in a room.
Heather attacked Learn with a knife
and cut long but not serious cash in
his head.
According to a marriage certificate
found in Heather's grip, a marriage
certificate was granted to himself and
Edna B. Campbell at Sangamore
county, ILL.,, Dec. 81, 1907. 1t is said
that his wife and two children reside
in Illinois.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21
GLENBURN WOMAN IN
Mrs. ThOs. Hoover Loses Conscious
ness at Wheel and Auto Goes
OFF the Grade.

Mrs. Thos. Hoover, enroute to her
home fourteen miles northeast of this
city last Sunday in an auto, was
stricken by a heart attack just as she
was driving over the grade at the
Botz school house five miles north of
the city. She lost consciousness and
the car ran off the grade and over
turned. Mrs. Hoover was severely cut
about the limbs and head by the brok-
en- wind shield, receiving an especially
painful cut on the hand. The car was
damaged about $50.
Riding with Mrs. Hoover were her
ive-year-old daughter and Mrs. Skid
more and fve-year-old son. Mrs.
Skidmore was not badly injured. She
managed to crawl out from under the
car and extricate the children. Two
auto drivers came along and lifted the
car from Mrs. Hoover, who was taken
to her home. She is recovering slow
Nv.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21
QUEBEC BRIDGE BEf0RE mo AF7ER DI5RSTEEo

The Dominion government, which
had offered million dollar subsidy for
the completion Of the bridge over the
St. Lawrence at Quebec, is now inves-
tigating to place the blame for it's
collapse. More than $4,000 persons,
massed along both banks of the St.
Lawrence river and on the heights Of
the historic Plains Of Abraham, watch
ed the start of the raising to it's but
tresses $50 feet high the largest bridge
span in the world, saw it sag suddenly
at the huge chain that held it, quickly
buckle in the middle and with a roar
like an explosion and amid the crash
of it's rended steel, collapse and sink
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21

The evolution through which our
festival Of the New Year has passed.
The symbolism with which it has been
invested. The ceremonies with which
it is accompanied. The legends and
poetic fancies which have clustered
round it, are a proof of the strength
of our faith and of the vitality of it's
institutions. From the festivity on
the sacrifices in the Temple, it has be-
come the beginning of the civil year.
The era of the world has been con-
nected with it. From the first day Of
Tishri the date of the Jewish kings is
counted. The year of release. The
year of the Great Jubilee is proclaim
ed on that day and all the contracts
were dated. from it. Much if not
all Of this, one may say, has disap-
peared, and yet the festival of the
New Year has gained in depth and i'm
portance, and it is now kept with rev.
erence and awe as the day Of the Gre
alton and as the day of Judgment Of
deeper symbolism lis the Shofar
(Trumpet) which is sounded that day.
I do not speak here of the soul-stir-
ring trumpet-call to duty or of the
sound which revives old memories or
pleads for mercy for the sake of our
forefathers' merits. I am dealing
with one of the numerous explana-
lions which have been offered, which
has sunk very deep into the minds of
the people, mostly because of it's
strangeness and because others have
not been slow to fasten on it. Ac-
cording to this Interpretation it has
been contended that the sound of the
Shofar causes confusion to Satan, the
accuser. Much has been made of this
curiously misunderstood explanation
Of the blowing of the Shofar by men
of shallow minds and Phillistine dispo-
sitions. How did it happen, they ask,
that Satan should have hand in the
festival? Here we must 20 back to
the old legendary lore, for there we are
sure to find the true meaning of this
discomfitted Satan. Already as far
back as the second Temple the Agga-
dab was busy embroidering the text
of the Bible with legendary matter
One of these legends refers to our
forefather Abraham and to the ad-
versary called Mastema in the old book
of the Jubilees. The same scene is en-
acted in heaven as described in the
first chapter of Job. Mastema, or
Satan, is standing before God, accusing
Abraham Of ingratitude, for after he
had obtained son of the age of one
hundred years he did not offer a sin
gle sacrifice to God, and asking that
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21
Public Invited to Bring Catalogs
and Compare Golden Rule Pric

Our readers will note the enormous
ad of the Golden Rule store in this is
sue. Only one other concern of the
city has ever run an ad Of such magni-
tude in our columns. Ads of this size
are very unusual, even in cities many
times the size of Minot. The remark
able fact in regard to the ad of the
Golden Rule store is that the prices
given are not quoted as special sale
but are the ones which obtain at this
busy store the year round. One item
of particular interest to our readers is
the invitation given to prospective
purchasers to come provided with their
catalogs and compare prices. This
proposition is fair one and will no
doubt be taken advantage Of by many
who have been accustomed to patron
ize catalog houses.