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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-11
BONO ISSUES CARRY
IN TUESDAYS ELECTION
VOTERS DECLARE
By THEIR VOTE THEY FAVOR
BETTER SCHOOLS.
street Paving and sewer Disposal
Bonds Carry By Ten to One
Vote In the Three Wards
Of the City.

In the bond issue election held
Tuesday the three issues were car
ried by majorities OF about ten to
one This means that Waxahachie
will have a new school building. a
sewer disposal plant and money with
which to pave additional streets. II
Is believed that school building
may be completed in ample time for
the opening Of next years term. a
sewer plant may be installed at an
early date and several streets may
be paved.
The vote was reasonably heavy for
a bond issue vote. more than one
third OF the voters participating.
The vote by wards was as follows;
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-11
$500 Reward.

A reward Of $500 win be paid By
this company for the conviction q
any one found guilty OF taking the
Daily Light from tho yard or lawn
OF any subscriber OF this paper. EN-
TERPRIsE PUBLISHING COM
PANY
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City Tax Due.

Notice is hereby given city tax
hgs that | am now prepared to
hkct and receipt for all taxes due
he City of Waxahachie, Texas, for
the year A. D. 1916.
CARROLL TODD,
iiT ia City Tax Collector.
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Guaranteed by The Hsrpicide Co.
Sold Everywhere

Curlin's Drug stores. Special Agents
Adv.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE

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The Cordova daily times., 1916-04-18
MONTANA LAWYER LOCATES IN
 CORDOVA

Among the arrivals in Cordova yes terday was Attorney W. H. Rager, of Stevensville. Montana, where he eX- poets to make his home and engage in the practice of law, Tn speaking of his departure from Stevensville the Register of that place says:
 For the past seven years Mir. Ra- ger has been associated with George T. Baggs in law practice in this city. During that time he has built up an enviable reputation as a lawyer and has won a very large number of warm friends in this and other cities of western Montana.
 "The esteem in which he is held in the community was evidenced Wed nesday night when fifty of his friends gathered in the dining room of the Ho- tel Stevensville and participated in a banquet and smoker. Business men, professional men and people of all trades and callings were present to do him honor, the gathering being very representative of the community. Following the banquet, and after the cigars had been lighted, Attorney Clyde Slagle took charge as toastmas- ter. The best of fellowship prevailed. as man after man testified to his ap- preciation of the many fine qualities of the guest of honor and wished him success in his new field.
 "In recognition of his enthusiasm and ability as fisherman, Mir Rager was presented with massive. fish pole with a block and tackle reel rope line and a six-inch flyhook. He was dubbed a knight of the quill, and it was suggested that he take the outfit with him for use in Alaska as his totem pole"
The Cordova daily times., 1916-04-18
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION.
 No. 761.
 SUMMONS.
Thos. c. Whlte, Plaintiff.

uOH. VI. " Ditts idlullll,
 Ys.
 The Royal Katalla Oil Company, a
 Corporation, Defendant. The President of the United States of
 America.
 To the Royal Katall Oil Company, the
 above named defendant.
 You are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Third Division. within thirty days after the completion Of the publication of this summons. to. wit, within thirty days after the 18th day of May, 1916, and answer the com plaint of Thos. G. White, the above named plaintiff. in the above-entitled cause.
 The said cause is an action brought by the said plaintiff against you, pray ing judgment of the said court against you and in favor of said plaintiff for the sum of three thousand two hun dred and eighty-eight dollars ($3.288.- 00D. together with interest at the rate of eight per centum per annum on. the several portions thereof as fol- lows: Interest on the sum of four teen hundred twenty-three dollars thereof from the 1st day of January, 1914: interest on sixteen hundred fir teen dollars thereof from the 1st day of January. 1915; and interest on the remaining two hundred fifty dollars thereof from the 1st day of June. 1915; and for the plaintiffs costs and dis bursements incurred in this action.
 And you are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and answer the said complaint as herein required, the said plaintiff will take judgment against you for the sume of three thousand two hundred eightyeight dollars ($3 .2SS00), together with interest on the several portions thereof as herein before stated, and for his said costs and disbursements incurred in this action.
 The order for the publication of this summons was duly made and entered in the above-named court on the 18th day of February, 1916.
 The date of the first publication of this summons Is the 4th day of April, 1916, and the date of the last publica- ton thereof Is the 18th day of May, 1916
 Witness the Honorable Fred NJ Brown. Judge of said Court, and the seal thereof. this twenty-ninth day of March. in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen and of our independence the one hun dred fortieth. (Official Seal. ARTHUR LANG. Clerk. District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division. By T. P. Geraghty. Deputy Clerk. Donohoe X Dimond. of Valdez, Alas ka, Attorneys for the Plaintiff. April 4. II. IS, 25; May ?, g, 16.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-04-18

dollars per month.
 The town treasurer shall be allowed and paid one (s1.00) dollar per an nun.
 The health officer shall be allowed and paid twenty-five ($25.O0) dollars per month.
 Section 2. Each of said monthly salaries shall be paid out of the gen eral fund on the last day of each month, and the town clerk Is hereby authorized and instructed to draw warrants on the treasurer for the amount of said monthly salaries. Section ,. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this or dinance are hereby repealed. This ordinance shall go into effect and be in force from and after the day it is passed and approved. and shall be published by being printed in the .Cordoya Daily Times.
 Passed this 17th day of April, 1916. Approved this 17th day of April, 1916.
 F. J. DAVIS, President of the Common Council and
 ex-Officio Mayor. Attest:
 Edward F. Medley.
 Town Clerk
The Cordova daily times., 1916-04-18
ORDINANCE NO, A.

An Ordinance Fixing the Salaries of
 Officers of the Town of cordova,
 in the Territory of Alaska, and
 Repeating All Ordinances in Con-
 Territory of Alaska: Be It Ordained by the Common Council
 of the Town of Cordova. in the
 ritory of Alaska:
 Section 1. That the officers of the Town of Cordova, in the Territory of Alaska. shall be paid and allowed as compensation and salaries as follows: The clerk shall be allowed and paid fifty ($50.00) dollars per month.
 The municipal magistrate shall be allowed aid paid ten ($10.00) dollars per month.
 The chief of police shall be allowed and paid one hundred twenty-five ($125. .00) dollars per month.
 The chief of the fire department shall be allowed and paid fifty ($50.00)
The Cordova daily times., 1916-04-18

For Sale-A 26-foot launch, with 1-2 horsepower engine; also one ? horsepower four cycle engine: one 6 horsepower Gray. with shafts. propel- lers. etc All in running condition. h. quire of Tom Teets.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-04-18

For Rent-Two housekeeping rooms in the Kendrick building, on Front street. Apply J. V. Carter, Phone I'll.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-04-18

Ladies' Kenyon Coats Spring just received at Clayson's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
Catches Wary Fox by Tall.

Roswell Wheeler, fifteen years old,
Of Richmond, caught by the tail fox
that for FIVE years had eluded traps
and bullets.
This old-timer had raided hen roosts
summer and winter, and several farm
ers had offered rewards for his cap
ture.
Awakened by the growing Of his
roosters early in the morning, young
Wheeler arose before sunrise, and
with his dog Scotty discovered Rey-
nard leaving the hennery. Wheeler
also is a strategist, so Scotty was sent
to pursue the fox while he hid behind
a huge pine tree near by. AS he ex-
pected, Reynard followed furrow
leading to the pine, and when the fox
unsuspectingly ran by Wheeler
grabbed him by the tail and held on.
A swing against the tree finished him.
The fox is believed to have been ten
years old.-Lenox (Mass.) Dispatch to
New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
The HIDDEN GARDEN
BY VICTOR REDcLIFFE.

BAIL" uttered Gilbert Warner. re-
tired business man and village mag
nate.
Rubbish, chi" intimated his com.
panion, fat, indolent and good-natured
Judge Walton.
"Franked from Washington, a box
Of government seeds, and from Con-
gresham Martin Lacey. An INSULT"
roared the captious Warner. "Whyi
does he dare to fancy he could buy
me with q box of vegetable seeds?
The scoundrel! l voted against him,
and next time I'll marshal every friend
! have to snow him under. BAIL"
Hold on" began his friend, but
he spoke too late. With vim, as though
he we're casting deadly poison from
his clasp, Warner gave the box fling.
They had just come from the post Of
fee, and the team side of the street
was guarded by an iron fence from the
river below. Over the fence went the
disdained cardboard box.
You just do that againl" yelled
irate juvenile tones, but too far re-
moved to reach the ears Of Warner or
his companion.
The package had landed on the
head Of Nat Borden. He had been lin
ing the narrow bank of the river seek
ing quiet place to fish. AS the box
grazed him. tilted and went over into
the water, however, he unshipped his
pole and ran after it. The box looked
substantial. It didn't appear to be
empty. Nat cast for it half dozen
times. Finally he hooked it and
brought it ashore
Nat climbed up to and over the iron
fence. but no one seemed to be look
ing after a missing box. He shook it
and poked inside. He read the words
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
The BAGMAN
BY GEORGE ELMER COBB.

It's early yet-can't / stay out till
dark?"
do you want me to send for the
bagmanT
That query was the terror OF all
juvenile Acton, and it invariably
brought results. Kidnapers and gyp-
sizes had no such power to alright as
"the bagman." He was familiar in
stitution Of the little isolated village,
harmless, even gentle, but his sinis-
ter-seeming one eye, his gruff creak-
ing voice. above all the receptacle he
carried were too much for the excited
imagination of youthful Acton.
That bag that gave the oId-clothes
bargainer his nickname was to fear
filed juvenility a bugbear, a thing Of
majesty and mystery. What tales they
wove about It; what gruesome stories
Of the lonesome hut where he carried
1t nights! 1t was filed with ogres,
dwarfs, elves! Once a mischievous
lad called old Bartlett names. He de-
clRred that the bagman opened his
bag and that great human face had
flown out, pursuing him clear to the
kitchen door of his home.
Yet Bartlett was frugal, honest and
industrious. He exchanged new cook
ing tins for old apparel, mended up,
his stock OF. garments, once month
shipped his accumulation to the city,
and was said to make quite a profit
selling to secondhand shops in the
slums Of the big metropolis.
There was one child in Acton, how
ever, who was afraid of neither Bart.
lett nor his bag. He was Bonnie Raw
son, four years old, and his mother
was called the young widow" Many
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30


Physicians have discovered that q
good laugh Ia one OF the best panaceas
extant for the various ills of man.
kind. They recommend 1t as a substi-
tute for medicine. II is good for any
kind Of ailment, from chronic dyspep-
sia to chilblains, from softening of the
brain to hardening Of the arteries
Germs scatter the majority of dis
eases, but lack of mental relaxation
ia now found to be responsible for
some Of our best patronized ills. The
man with q sense OF humor is better
fortified against poor health than the
man with q pestiferous crouch. A
countenance wreathed In smiles is
symbolic Of proper heart action. good
circulation and normal respiration.
While generally speaking 1t improves
ones health to laugh, it might not
improve ones health to laugh at the
man who slips on a banana peel and
Is severely bumped in his dignity, or
at the man who madly pursues his hat
that IL caught in the teeth Of risky
breeze and spins down the middle of
the street, or at the man whom the
playful Riddles have Just soaked with
a SNOWFALL. These are not subjects
for laughter as provided for in the
health movement. Be discreet about
what you laugh. but laugh whenever
possible.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
CHARLES N. GRANVILLE OF THE
oRANVILLE-HINE COMPANY.

Mr.. Charles N. Granville of the
Granville-Hines Company, is one of |
the leading baritones before the
American public today. AS pupil
Of Victor Mourel, the world re-
nowned operate baritone, with !
whom he studied for four years, he
sprang into immediate prominence
and has had an enthusiastic recep-S
ton wherever he has gone. His
voice is rich and sympathetic and
remarkable in range and power. His {
repertoire is rich and varied. HeI
sings with absolute distinctness in
four languages, and his interpreter
lions show fine musicianship and a
keenly intelligent conception of the
most beautiful and attractive in i,
musical lines.
There are few young pianists and
composers who have come to the
front as rapidly as Gabriel Hines. |
He has not only distinguished him !,
self as pianist, but has attracted
marked attention as a composer, !
among other things, composing an
opera for the San Francisco expo !.
sition and performing the same. /
You will be interested to learn that !,
he has composed the music that ac-
companies the songs in the play
Happiness" in which he also has
a part as an actor. In connection
with Mr.. Granville, whom he ac-
companies upon the piano, he will !
give many fine piano selections at
Chautauqua, some of which are OF
his own composition.
Mount Holly Chautauqua, June II to Is.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
He WENT HIM ONE BETTER
Crop Story Which Is Quite as Good
40 the Old Ono Of the
Fisherman.

Crop stories quite frequently rival
fish stories" in their tendency to ex-
coed the speed limit, in crossing the
boundary line Of veracity, the bigness
Of pumpkins and the immensely OF cab
bages, apples or potatoes equaling any
big fish ever described.
Now the capacity of soils for raising
things and starting something" to
grow, claims attention. Here is story
of fertile land told by DR.. Nathan O.
Schaeffer, as q Joke on himself, re-
marks the Springfield (Mass.) Union.
The richness Of soil was being dis
cussed with woman farmer from the
Dakotas. Doctor Schaeffer glorifed
the crop possibilities of his Lancaster
county by saying: Why, in our coun-
ty the soil is 30 rich that If you stick
nail into the ground. the next morn
ing 1t has grown into a crowbar."
Whereupon the other replied: Eyes,
know. but in our county we use 9
tack for that purpose"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30

doubted II she was anything more
than grass widow" and there were
many guesses as to a hidden tragedy
In her life. Certainly in her sorrow
iul, impressive face there were traces
Of suffering. She had come to the vii
lage, whence no one had learned. Re-
served, yet gracious, sad, yet always
Industrious, she had won the respect
Of the community. Her kindness to-
ward old Bartlett, when she had
housed and nursed him when he had q
broken leg, had bound him to a debt
Of gratitude that never left him.
Rarely day passed that Bartlett
did not make it point to pass the
Rawson home. Rarely day that he
did not bring his prime favorite, little
Benny, an apple, candy, a toy. The
friendship OF these two lonely waits
was the one bright spot in the life Of
the hardened piece of human drift
wood.
He was seated on the doorstep one
afternoon, taking a rest after his reg
ular rounds, Benny enchanted with
the fairy story he was reciting, when
Mrs. Rawson came to the door and
greeted him. The quick eye of Bart
lett detected a new pallor, vague
anxiety In her face.
Come in and speak with me be-
fore you go, Mr.. Bartlett" she said
Quietly-"wil you please?"
The bagman nodded assent wonder
ingly. He soon distracted the atten-
ton Of his young companion to some
kittens in the garden, and went into
the neat little sitting room of the
house.
Il know you are true friend, Mr..
Bartlett" spoke Mrs. Rawson gravely,
land venture to ask you to do some
thing for me-"
You can count on any service
within my power" heartily declared
old Bartlett.
Il am going to confide a secret to
you," proceeded Mrs. Rawson. Il sep
arated from my husband for cause five
years ago. l hid myself and my child
in this village. 1 hoped to be left to
live out my life as l saw fit. What l
feared has come. Ny husband has dis
covered me-"
He was here-he is trying to make
you trouble?" began Bartlett, and he
reused up lion-like.
Not himself, but he has sent an
agent to represent him. This man, a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
MENACE OF THE UNFIT
DIRE EVIL OF WAR POINTED OUT
BY SCIENTIST.
Best Blood Of the Countries involved
Is Poured Out on the Battle Fields
and Future Generations VIII
Be the Sufferers.

The racial damage which has been
done to the people of Europe by the
killing and manning of the higher type
of manhood was discussed recently
by Maj. Leonard Darwin, a son of
Charles Darwin, the naturalist, at a
meeting of the Royal Statistical So
ciety in London, observes the New
York Sun.
In the course of his paper on THE
Statistical Inquiries Needed After the
War in Connection With Eugenics,'
Major Darwin stated that the British
casualties might be about 61s per cent
of all the fighting men available.
Major Darwin stated that unques-
tionably the war was killing off the
better types Of men. He pointed out
that the active causes of the racial
damage would not cease with the war,
because the birth rates of the higher
types would continue to be adversely
affected Only those born in the last
eighteen years would be entirely I'M
damaged by the war, he said, and it
would be increasingly necessary dur
ing the next twenty years to empha-
size the fact that in cases where both
parents are fairly healthy it is unpa-
triotic and immoral to limit the size
of the family, except in view of bring
ing the children up in comfort.
He stated that the racial damage
would be at its worst when peace was
declared The checking of the multi
p1ication of the unfit would never be
more needed than then, he added
Prof. Arthur Keith, conservator of
the museum and Hunterian professor
of the Royal College of Surgeons,
when interviewed on the subject at
the Royal College of Surgeons by a
representative of the Pail Mall Ga
zette, said he was not aware of the
existence of any statistics which went
to show that the stature of the French
nation diminished after the Napoleon
10 wars.
"The question is: Are we losing
our best men? There is no doubt we
are losing our bravest men. The men
of the highest physical courage, of the
highest patriotism, have volunteered,
but have these men left children be-
hind? If they have, and, Of course,
we know they have, then the nation
cannot be affected as a whole.
1T should be remembered that our
males up to the age of eighteen re-
main untouched and that part of the
population cannot be injured.
There is another point to consider.
The men who are most eminently fit
ted for our modern civilization-for
our Industrial civilization-are not the
bravest men of the nation at all. The
extremely brave man is of no use in in
dustrial life. 1t is nonsense to talk
about war being the cause Of the catas-
trophe of eliminating the best men,
Warfare goes on in the industrial
world, but the warfare of the indus
trial world is waged by competition,
not bravery. In the one case it is
physical courage, bravery, that counts;
in the other versatility and brains.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30

SEEDS" in big black type on the out
side.
Il know what's in it now" he solilo-
Quized-"some of them free seeds
from the government. Everybody in
town got package, l guess, only this
is big box of them. l don't want
EN-. I'll give EN- to Miss Winnie"
Miss Winnie was rare friend of
Nat Borden-"a PAL" he boosted
proudly to his intimate boy friends.
She lived with her notional, tyrant-
like, rheumatic old aunt Just next
door to the Bordens. Winnie was
seventeen and would have been tom
boy If her strict aunt had allowed
her. The conventlike solemnity of
the old house had made Winnie des-
perate at times. Miss Dorothy, her
aunt, ruled her with a rod of iron.
Never was Winnie allowed any free
dom save that of the rambling back
yard. But she had discovered an ad-
Joining paradise. Over the fence was
discarded overgrown plot of ground
belonging to the extensive grounds of
the Warner place. There Winnie had
swung hammock between two trees.
She had arranged board in the fence
SO it opened and closed like a gate.
In that bush-guarded spot she read,
slept, had her day dreams.
Nat knew well where to find her. He
dashed into her presence and flung
down the box.
There! that's for you," he an
nounced. "Mebbe there's some fine
garden seeds in it, and you love fiow-
ers, I've heard you say"
"Oh, yes, indeed" fiuttered Winnie
delightedly, and then her face fell as
she revealed the goodly store in the
box. "Oh, dear!" she sighed dolorous-
ly-1ettuce, onions, parsley, toma-
toes, carrots. But it gives me an idea,
and I'll take you in on partnership,
Nat. Where did you ever get them?'
Nat told. Then Winnie's eyes bright
ened as she unfolded her scheme.
She was tired of doing nothing, she
was shut up like some nun, and her
saving aunt never gave her a penny.
They would earn some money. Would
Nat help her? Would he! and he vowed
to keep the secret of their great enter
prise.
Nat smuggled rake, spade and hoe
from the family Toulouse. Before
school and after school, and nearly all
day Saturday the accommodating lit
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
Invention of Worth.

In list of epoch-making inventions
Of the last fifty years given in an off,
cial report, thirty-six are credited to
people Of the United States" four
teen to foreign inventors. The first
ten in each list, respectively, are as
follows: American-Teleph type
writer, cash register, incandescent
lamp. talking machine. electric furnace
reduction, electrolytic alkali produc-
ton, transparent photograph film. mo
ton picture machine. buttonhole sew
ing machine. Foreign-Electric steel.
dynamite, articflcial alizarene (dye),
siphon recorder. gas engine, wireless
telegraphy. smokeless powder, Diesel
oil motor, centrifugal creamer, man
ganese steel.