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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-04
Repairing street Pavement.

During the continued rainy wealth
err the paving blocks on the public
square sbuckled" and for day or
two made il impossible to permit
travel over the south side. but il
had dried off sufficiently to make
repairs yesterday aud the street is
open again. A number of other
places are also being repaired. The
street car company made repairs
during the rain last week.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-04
At the Dixie.

The feature picture at the pA1
theatre today is Reliance two fe'|
drama. 1.-THE Decoy,' featuring ~
Reliance stars, Irene Hunt ana AZ
fred Paget in detective drama
Carol Holloway and John oheeHlI
the leading parts in Making NAl
q Johnnie" a Beauty comedy aaI
Hunting featuring Bud hoSS
a Casino comedy. Tomorrow -
Dixie will show THE Wolf Man
Mutual masterpicture IN tour SO
featuring Miss Billie west "4'
Ralph Lewis.
j. r. Kennedy is quite SICK II =
home on West Franklin.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-04
Repairing Building.

A force OF workmen are busy this
week making substantial repairs on
the Woodman building on South Rog-
ers. A new floor is being put in and
the front will be changed to mod
ern plate glass. This building will
be occupied by the Texas Title and
Loan company at an early date.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-04
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Are YOU going Thursday. 9Th
Sure, ad''zf7
VINO does your cleaning and press
lingg pierce Of eourse.--tAdD u
Golden Rod aud all kinds Of feed
at shige \ Keys. adV.u
You viii see all your friends
there Thursday. 9th. ady244
For feed and fuel phone Broad
head Il Kennedy. Old phone 10. Il
have talked to several-they
are all going Thursday 9Th. adv.244
Earl Brown has arrived from En-
mis- aud assumed his duties a. as
sintant county attorney
For coal, wood and feed phone
az. a. Lasswell. Z
The Singing Auxiliary will meet
AT the Falls on South Prong next
Sunday evening. Everybody come.
w. NJ. MCCAIN, President.
I'll meet all my friends there
Thursday. 9th adv244
John Jones of Seadrift is here
visiting his father uncle Billie
Jones. who has been quite sick sew
eral days.
Why does Pierce do your cleaning
and pressing? Because he has men
who know their business Adv) #
]. G. Parten of Howard was in
Waxahachie Monday He stated TO
a news reporter that old Howard
Lodge No. 12O X. of p, was be-
ginning to make plans for the
Home Coming of the members OF
Howard Lodge, the Bird Tuesday
night of this month.
O.
II you want satisfaction buy the
best McAlister coal from Shive &
Keys. Also have good wood. ady.tf
w. j. MeDuffie is in receipt OF a
message announcing the death OF
his brothers wife, Mrs. G.. G.. Me-
Duffie, at Antlers. Okla, which oc-
CURED Monday morning at o'clock.
G.. G. McDuffie formerly lived in
Waxah2chie and is remembered by
many Of the old time citizens.
Thornton Carlisle, brother of ].
ID. Carlisle OF this city, is here from
San Antonio Mr. Carlisle is en-
route to Toronto, Canada. where ne
will attend the International con-
vention Of brick-lmasons. He is one
OF about twelve who will go from
Texas as delegates of local unions.
He expects TO spend some time in
that distant country before return
ing TO sunny Santone.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-04

Miss Lottie Boiling. Dallas; Chas.
4. Lewis. Temple; F d. Evans. Dal-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-04

| am going 20 be enc of the first
ones there Thursday. 6th. adv2t4
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26
Open Branch
In Wilmington
NeWark Company Broadens Scope
of ActiUitu

A. F. and w. L. Fader of the
Newark Garage and Electric
Company, will open large sales
and service rooms for the Oak
land u t o m 0 b les at 219-221
French street, Wilmington. The
establishment will be known by
the firm name of Fader Brothers
Motor Company. The branch is
opened for the convenience of
owners of the Oakland cars.
Three or four men will be en-
ployed at once with Mr.. H. H.
Crossan as sales manager.
About the first of April Mr.. w.
L. Fader, brother of A. F. Fader,
assumed the management of the
Newark Garage and Electric
Company. The new manager will
superintend the electrical end of
the business, and work at the
local garage, thus enabling Mr..
A. F. Fader to devote more time
to the motor business, a branch
which is developing rapidly. Mr.
Fader will divide his time be.
tween the Wilmington and New.
ark establishments.
Mr.. w. L. Fader, the new man,
ager of the Electrical Company
is graduate of Delaware Col
lege, Glass of 1902, and has hat
fourteen years of practical ex
pei lience with the General Elec
trio Company.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26
Board of Health
Organizes
Officer Apsley Appointed to En-
force Ordnance

Members of the Board of
Health appointed by Council last
week, met on Monday night for
reorganization. DR.. Kollock was
elected president, and Mr.. Louis
Curtis, secretary. Mr.. Apsley was
appointed health officer, whose
special duty shall be the enforce
ment of the town ordinance rela-
tive to the removal of manure.
The following notice will be de-
livered to all offenders and the
ordinance rigidly enforced:
Manure shall be removed by
property owners or tenants from
town property every ten days.
Immediate removal will save
prosecution.
Newark Board of Health"
The Board during the last
year has met with a pleasing CO.
operation on the part of the
townspeople. Between eighty
and ninety sewer connections
have been made during the year
and the prospect is that Newark
will go on record as one of the
most sanitary communities in
! Delaware. The Board has plan
ned to publish the analyses, from
time to time during the summer,
of the milk supply of the town.
DR.. Watson of the Board of
Health gave out the following
statement today: "The manure
regulation is a preliminary to
our active field work in Newark
this spring and summer. Nothing
sensational has been done during
the past year, and nothing has
been attempted that we could not
carry out. 1t is safe to say
eighty per cent of the sewer con-
nections have been due to our
order or official influence, which
meant constant pressure on indi-
vldual property owners. The next
step is to do away with outside
toilets where it can be done with
out unnecessary hardship. It
must be a slow but steady pro-
gress from our condition of me-
glect AMI filth to anything like the
model village that we hope for
Continued on page a.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26
Newark Prior to The Civil War
Description from old Guide Book Published BY the Railroad

Delaware College as recently
been presentd with a copy of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and
Baltimore railroad guide, pub
lished in 1856. The rare volume
is the gift of Mr.. Harlow H. Cur
tbs. The writer of the book,
Charles P. Dare, states in the
preface that his purpose is ito
communicate such information
as might prove most interesting
to the passenger over the route to
which the text relates" "The
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26
HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
GREAT SUCCESS
Midsummer Nights Dream

Busy hands had completely
transformed the stage of the
Newark Opera House last even
ing, into a charming fairy bower,
and the little fairies showed their
appreciation by Immediately ap-
propriating the wood for their
midnight revels. Promptly at
eight they arrived, first Oberon's
mischevious elves, then the airy
creatures of Titania's train.
Puck was on hand. Indeed he
seemed to be everywhere, al
ways ready with some prank for
the merriment of everyone. The
spectacle Of Titania enamored of
an ass, and the attempt of the
crude mechanics to play before
the king, created lots of fun.
Congratulations are due Miss
Rich and Miss Ritz for their sue
cessful production.
The cast follows:
Oberon, King of the Fairies
Alice Hoffecker; Titania, Queen
of the Fairies, Mary Mitchell
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, Anna
Ritz; Ounce, a Carpenter, Rich
ard Cooch; Bottom, a Weaver,
Tom Armstrong; Flute, a Bel.
loWs-mender, Granville Robinson
Snout, Tinker, Raymond Reed
Snug, Joiner, John Williams
Starveling, a tailor, Louis Jar
mon; Performing in the interlude
the parts of Prologue, Pyramus
Thisbe, Wall, Lion, Moonshin
Theseus, Duke of Athens, Merrill
Robinson; Hippolyta, Queen of
n e Amazons and Bride OF
Theseus, Gertrude Willis; At.
tendants: Clarence Evans, Pau
Rhodes, Katharine Jaquette, Hell.
en- O'Rouke.
Titania's Fairies: Marie Gregg
Vola Eubanks, Elisabeth Worrall
Katherine Holton, Charlotte Hos
Singer, Dorothea Willis, Evelyn
Stoll, Katherine Jacobs, Margaret
kilgore, Evelyn Worrall, Pauline
Mote, Anna Anderson, Alice Xii
mon.
Oberon's Fairies: Reginald
Rose, William Vandergrift, John
McCue, Wesley Dempsey, James
Thompson, Purnal Friedel, Will
liam Hayes, Ferdinand Tinker
Continued on page 4)
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26
HOUSES SCARCE
in NEWARK
Several Going Upon Prospect
Avenue

The Newark Trust and Safe De-
posit Company has sold during
the week the green store front
dwelling, owned by Mrs. A. R.
Carlisle, to DR.. Charles w. Dun
levy. The S. R. Choate property
has been resold to T. Jackson
Willis, father of Clifford Willis,
contractor. Mr.. Willis has sold
his farm near Appleton, and will
live in Newark. The Joseph
Kemether property on Cleveland
Avnue has been sold, also to j.
Clifford Willis.
Mr.. Willis will erect a number
of dwellings on the adjoining lot,
in the near future.
Local agents report scarcity
of houses, to rent for $40 or SIP
per month. 1t is estimated that
there is an immediate demand for
at least twenty-five dwellings of
this type.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26
Townspeople Help Make
Geography Interesting

Pupils and teacher of the 7th
Grade are very much pleased to
have received the followin
gifts" as an aid to their work in
geography: a fine railroad map
flom Mr.. Wood, Center Station;
valuable specimens of raw and
manufactured cotton, from Mrs.
Herman Tyson; an interesting
talk by Mrs. VIM. Wanamaker
about her travels in various
states, maple sugar making in
Ohio, and school days in Chicago
Perhaps others of our townspeo-
pie who have had opportunities
to travel, would be kind enough
to lend their aid in making geog
raphy "alive."
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26
PARENTS SEARCH
FOR SON
Boy Disappears From Home
In Wilmington

J. Hartzell Anderson, son of
DR.. G. T. Alderson, pastor of
Harrison Street M. E. Church,
formerly pastor of Newark M. E.
Church, has suddenly and mys-
teriously disappeared. His par
ents are most anxious concerning
him and are apprehensive lest
bodily harm has befallen him.
Any information concerning his
whereabouts will be received by
them with leep gratitude.
Young Anderson left his home,
.624 Franklin street, last Thurs
lay afternoon, and has not re-
turned since. All efforts to locate
him have proved completely fruit
less, although the search has
been wide and conducted with
vigor.
On the afternoon of his disap-
pearance the youth, who is but
II, returned from Delaware Col
lege, where he is a student in the
sophomore class, and leisurely ate
his lunch. Finishing, he went to
the kitchen with Wilmington
Institute Free Library book under
his arm, kissed his mother, as
was his custom when going out,
said he was going down town to
return the book, and left the
house. Since then he has not
been seen. DR.. Anderson was not
at home when his son left. The
family is at loss to supply suf-
ficient reason for the disappear
ance.
DR.. Mitchell, president of Del
aware College, and Prof. Smith,
the dean, assured the parents
there is no reason at the college.
He rarely ever left home at night
and never visited moving picture
shows or pool rooms. He has trav-
el'ed little and never alone. His
parents are not only crushed at
his departure, but are in fear that
something has happened to him.
The young man could easily
pass for 10, being about six feet
tall and weighing about $50
pounds. His hair and eyes are
dark brown and his features
prominent When walking his
left shoulder is held a little for
ward.
When he left home he wore a
black and white checked cap
dark gray overcoat; a dark blue
checked suit; black shoes; stiff,
turn-down collar, dark tie and
white soft shirt. The library
book he carried was "Horace's
Odes." This book has not been
returned to the library, and if
found should be reported to the
young mans parents.
The authorities of Delaware
College are heai tily cooperating
with the family in the effort to
solve the mystery.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26

ated between the highlands of
Pennsylvania, and the plains of
the Peninsula. It's first settle
ment dates at least as far back as
the time of William Penn, the or
iginal title deeds of the Nonan-
tum paper mills (Messrs. Curtis
& Bro.) bearing his signature
Newark was quite an impor.
tant village at the time of the
Revolution. After the landing of
the British troops at the Head of
Elk, Gen. Washington was fire.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26

The author gives the following
description of
NEWARK
SO miles from Miles to 40
Baltimore Philadelphia
about a mile south of the
station, Iron Hill, the highest
point of land in the State is Wis
ible. Gen. Maxwell, with his
light troops, occupied it in 1777,
while the British were at Elkton,
and Gen. Washington watched
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26

quently in the town while con-
ductlng his reconnaisances A
portion Of the invading army
passed through it on their march
to the Brandywine. and the Hes
slams amused themselves by COM
mltting various depredations on
the undefended property.
The ATHENS of Delaware" is
justly proud of its educational in
stltutions. The Newark Academy
Continued on page q
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26

solid merit of authenticity the
author states, must compensate
the reader for some abruptness of
diction. The little book contains
number of maps, and sixty illus
tratlons. The one reproduced
above, gives us true picture of
Welsh Lane, in the days prior to
civil War. Only one landmark
the cupola of Delaware College
enables us to make sure the
author has not confused the illu-
stration.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26

their movements from it. It COM
mands a view of both the Della
ware and Chesapeake Bays, as
well as the surrounding country.
AS the name indicates, this hill
contains large deposits of iron
ore, the mining of which has been
protitably conducted for num-
ber of years.
Newark is about three -fourths
of mile from the railroad de-
pot, and is very pleasantly stu
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26
SCHOOL ELECTION
ON SATURDAY
No Contest Expected

mo Nontest Expected
Two members will be elected to
the Board of Education of the
Newark Public Schools this COM
ing Saturday afternoon. The two
retiring members, Professor C. A.
McCue, and Harvey Hoffecker,
are the only candidates to date.
No contest is expected. Mr.. Hof
fecker has served for the last
year as secretary of the Board.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-04-26
Friday Afternoon
THE PAGEANT
$50 o'clock

THE PAGEANT Friday Afternoon $50 o'clock
Pageant may obtained the Women COL
ege of Delaware on Friday after ten o'clock.
Delivery Room Science Hall, Room 8
Ladies' Dressing Rooms Residence Hall
Gentlemens Dressing Rooms Science Hall Basement
after the Performance of twelfth Nigh SATURDAY. morning before
Night" u ''''
The will form at o'clock in front of Science Hall
the Womens College, The order will be follows:
Mounted Herald
Division
|. Two Heralds
2. Oberon and Puck
3. Sad Fairies
a. Ttania
5. Fairies
6. shakspere
7. Children
Division
|. Two Heralds
2. Morris Dancers
Six Foresters
Robin
Friar Tuck
Six Foresters
Four Maidens strewing flowers
Maidens in attendance
Hobby horse and Dragon
4. Father Anne Hathaway, and Susanna
G. Youths and Madens with oxen in midst
Division
l. Two Heralds
2 shakspere
Orlando and Rosalind
Touchstone and Audrey
Duke, attended by
Celia, Amens
First Lord, Oliver, Second Lord
Division "
l. Two Herads
2 Four Gravel Strewers
j. Earl of Southampton, with Six Lords
a. Chancellor, with Two Attendants
s. Sir Walter Raleigh
g. Mistress of the Wardrobe
T. Ladies in Waiting
g. Two Pages
g. Queen
Two Foomen
Four Mounted Guard
TO- Ladies of the
II. Lords
faronesses, and other Guests, in costume
The line of march will be South College Avenue to Main stree
North College Avenue to Frazer Field AS it desired that
ne shall the Procession the best advantage will b
omitted Frazer Field until the entire procession has entered the
M and the various taken their positions Those
appear in Ezabethan Costume will have the preference the
natter of
Automobiles be parked at the Womens College in front
dence Hail. the Campus of Delaware College the
ctalon Hail. No automobiles carriages will be allowed
razer Field
Tickets of admission will not be required for the exercises
i1 in h, +,r;lh hot Inv 4Laf fo1h
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08

ut large that humanity is divided into
just Two groups-those who are sane and
those who are insane. The peculiar indi
viduals whom we run across every day
and refer to as "cranks' or freaks" are
not definitely placed in either group.
AS matter OF fact, however, the best
medical opinion to-day is that these
''cranks" belong to ass OF their own
the semi-insane-and they should neither
be allowed all the liberties of rational
people nor subjected to the restraint i'm
posed upon lunatics and the dangerously
insane
Although these cranks are generally re-
ferred to as harmless" and are allowed
TO pursue the uneven tenor Of their way
without public supervision. restraint or
ass stance, the fact is that they consri.
tute a grave menace 10 The community
In the first place, they may marry
Their marriage not only results in unhan.
pincss. and. perhaps, disaster TO their
partner, but it perpetuates an hereditary
faint which persists through succeeding
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08

Manpassant. Molierc, Napoleon. lola
Balzac, Hugo, Tasso. Swift, Poe. Lord
Erskine, Newton, William Wilberforce.
Coleridge, Munkaczy Watt, Cromwell,
Goethe, Schiller. Byron, Swedenborg.
Darwin, Schumann, Donizetti,, Chopin,
wagner, Mozart. Beethoven, Rossini and
BerlioZ Every one of these genuscs of
art, letters, music and science according
to Professor Grasset, was CONSTITUTIONS
ally inferior" and would have to be classi.
fed as "seminsane"
But the pecuiaritics which character.
lied these great figures and which brand
them as sem-insaue are not at all un.
common. Every one of us knows in.
dividuals who are similarly afflicted
people who are little or on some one
subject, who have some peculiar habit,
wear some odd style of clothes, or have
queer manner OF wearing their hair, or
OF walking. writing or speaking.
According TO modern medical science.
these individuals are "semi.insane," are
entitled to special consideration from
society and should be held TO a special
responsibility for their acts They can
not be held to the full responsibility de.
manded of absolutely sane individuals,
nor are they entitled to the immunity
idHleu 10 InOSe VINO are entirely de-
prived Of their reason
Professor Grasset calls attention to the
fact that Socrates was subject TO hallu-
cinations. Pascals writings weSsI fire..
quently entirely incoherent. Auguste
Comte was similarly incoherent at times
and had habit of going out and not
coming back. According to Grasset. the
majority of the Russian novelists OF the
nineteenth century belong to this group
At the age of eight, Tolstoy was seized
win an irresistible desire to fly and be.
lieved that he could do it. He attempted
10 fly out OF window, fell sixteen feet
and was seriously injured.
Some of the men Of genius referred to
by Grasset preferred bad odors to agree.
able ones zola used to count the NUN.
Der Of gas jets in the street, the numbers
on the doors and chiefly the numbers on
the cabs. He would add all these figures
together as If they were units and il the
total was multiple of three he was ex-
tremely happy. but if multiple of sew.
enteen, he became morose and sad. He
invariably left house with his left foot
first, and had a habit of touching certain
objects or closing a door several times in
succession.
DR.. Samuel Johnson had an inveterate
habit of tapping posts or rails that he
passed while walking. If it occurred TO
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08

generations. In the second place, the
malicious deeds committed by the semi
insane are sometimes more serious than
is commonly imagined. Destruction to
property and life and limb by those who
are mentally unbalanced" is very con-
siderable
On The other hand, to ncarcerate every
crank" and freak" would be equally
disastrous TO society. Leaving out OF con.
siGeration the almost uncomfortable cost
OF maintaining so many individuals al the
public expense, combining the semi-insane
III the same manner as we restrain the
insane would result in depriving the com
mnnity OF many OF its most useful mem
hera, Tor ii is now sc lerally understood
mat some OF the greatest figures in his
tory would fall under this category.
Professor Joseph Grasset, the noted
French neurologist. recently published
comprehensive list Of renowned indiyid.
nais who. according to authoritative evil
nencc, must be classified as semi.insane
IL includes Socrates, Pascal, Tolstoy. De
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08

cept public education The actual cost
or caring for the insane amounts to some
So0,o0O,00O year. but TO this sum must
be added the loss to the country through
the withdrawal from productive labor of
so many people in the prime Of life. The
average value TO the community of an
adult between the ages of eighteen and
for'y'five has been fixed by the United
States Commissioner Of Labor at s7O0
per year. On this basis. the total cost OF
"ehtai diseases TO the country at large
amounts to slG2ooo,OoO per year!
But the most interesting, and perhaps
the most important part of The problem
Oh the insane. concerns not so much the
vast number of insane persons in custody.
Dnt the multitude OF scmi-insane indi
'iauais at large. Their number is un.
known To obtain some idea of the per
centage OF the population belonging IN
this class is one OF the principal aims OF
the surveys 10 be made i'm Chicago and
New York
Ihere Is common idea in the world