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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10
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Jim Thompson OF Ennis was via
itor here today.
A. P. Cleard of Kaufman was WIS.,
itor here yesterday.
Mayor Parker of Italy is here this
week doing grand jury service.
Mrs. j. w. Wilson OF Chiekasha,
Oklahoma. is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
James Moore.
Mrs. c, ". Simpson is attending
the state medical society in Dallas
this week.
Drs. Cheatham and Thompson
went to Dallas today. for the state
medical meeting.
Gus Hoover. popular railroad man
from Fort Worth, was visitor in
the city yesterday.
Mrs. Fritz Moores expects to leave
tonight for Arizona where she will
join Mr.. Moores and make their
home.
Nh. and Mrs w H. Ellington of
ilillsboro were visiting with Mrs.
NJ. a. Beall Wednesday.
Mr., and Mrs. Jack BeaIl are here
today from Dallas on visit to his
mother, who is critically ill.,
Tom Ball and c, E. Schuster have
returned from Waco where they at
tended the X. OF P. Grand Lodge.
Charles Simpson Atweli of Port
Arthur is visiting in the city today
as the guest of DR.. and Mrs. c. w.
Simpson.
Beverly Biggers, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Biggers. returned yes
terday from Austin where he has
been attending State University.
julius II. pearlstone and family
were here today from Palestine en-
route to Waco. They were travel
ing overland in their automobile and
eaJoylng the trip very much.
Mrs, C. d. Longserre and son Ivan
.of Bardwell were in the city yester-
day afternoon to meet Mr.. Long
serre, who was returning home from
the meeting of the Knights OF Py-
thias at Waco.
Stockton Beck. who has been
teaching in the public school a,
Clarksville. spent last night and to-
day in the city visiting his parents.
Mr.. Beck is enroute to Leon Springs
where he will join the officers re-
serve training camp.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

firearms he jumped out Of tie i
gy to run, but was shot down 1
claimed that Richardson then !
up to his victim and fired nd
load of buckshot into bis head
ing him instantly.
The slayer then re-entered ID
ney and came on to Walaaa
where he gave himself up 70 hi
ficers and was locked in iaa
County Attorney TREY he nd
statement but this statement sa
made public.
The bond of Richardson va ]
at $1,000 this morning and &
be liberated as soon as sans ! ;
ed by sufficient sureties
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10
Howard Wins Game.

III
The Howard baseball clBt y
ed the Reagor Springs Req ]
double-header game yesterdal
score in the first game ga'
and in the second game i va
3. Batteries: Boren aud fleiil
Howard, and Blackburn and =
for Reagor Springs. IN toe y
game Blackburn and Jeans Fe's'
terry for Reagor Springs al y
and Floyd for Howard
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10
lights 10 Re Or

Announcement is made by the Tex
as Power & Light company that the
lights viii be off tonight from 12.ao
to 2 o'clock This interrun,,on 10
made necessary by the installation n,
new equipment at the substation ON
buiiard Heights. Persons who use
current during the hours mentloned
above are requested TO make arrany.
ments accordingly.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

The Phillips Il HAWKING Abstract
company moved this week from their
quarters on the north side OF the
courthouse TO the basement where
ample quarters have been fixed up.
The move was made necessary TO
give room for the county assessors
office in the room the abstract com
pany has occupied heretofore. The
partition between the ASSESSORS of
flee aud the collectors office il be-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

While out in West Texas last week
Carl Tankersley traded for a new
Ford automobile. bat on account of
the weather had to leave it at Cole
man. He is going back after the
car tonight.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

oeie L. Sweat, son of DR.. and
Mrs. O. P. Sweat. has gone to San
Antonio 10 join the hospital corps at
Fort Sam Houston.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

called out and doesn't know where
he will go, but he declared he was
ready and willing to give his best
efforts to the cause of the govern
ment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

ing moved and the collector will
occupy both rooms The change viii
give the collectors force much need
ed rooIa.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10
n. Of L. Meeting.

Regular meeting OF stonewau X.
OF +. lodge tonight at 8 O'Clock All
members urged to be present. Con
ferring OF veteran Jewel.
NJ. p. RoEBUCK, C. c.
TOM BALL. Acting KRIS.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

am now prepared to do hem
stitching and piece work at Leader
Millinery, College street. Mrs. ". s.
Bunch. 41pd
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

The West Main Street Bible club
will meet with Mrs. Luther Mozart
ney Friday afternoon st $3.50.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

If j. G. NJ. of Waxahachie, who
wrote TO the Dallas News asking the
full name OF Q. S. District Attorney
Wilson. had applied 10 the Sims IL
brary. he would have received more
authentic information Riley Joseph
Wilson. Harrisonburg. La., was the
name given In answer. At the Sims
library II was aseertained that Riley
Joseph Wilson was district attorney
FOR the ath judicial district of Louis
lana, 190s-l0; he now represents the
9Th Louisiana district in congress.
Z. S. District Attorney Jas. G. VII
son of Fort Worth Is probably the
man ] G. n. inquired about Francis
NJ Wilson of Kansas City Is L. s.
district attorney for Western Mis-
souri, when In doubt. consult the
Sims library"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

Messrs. G. W. Brilliant Y
Herne and W. NJ. Elliott q Y
cana were visitors in the sR' 9
day.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

The city equalization board in
session this week to hear complaints
from citizens why certain properties
should not be raised to reasonable
valuation, adjourned. last night after
having finished its work. The report
liz given out that the board OF equal
ization had little work to do this
year. the assessments being made on
a very liberal basis.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

The city council in session Tuesday
adopted the estimates for paving the
streets OF College, Marvin and Uni
yersity avenues prepared by City En-
gineer KirXen, and authorized the
secretary TO advertise for bids for
construction of the sewer disposal
plant.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

Dr. O. p. Sweat. while at Dallas
Tuesday, offered his services TO the
government and Is awaiting a call
taking him to the front. DIR. Sweat
is one of those doctors who believes
he ought to serve his country In the
best way possible and his skill as a
physician may be OF more service
than he could render as soldier
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

Some time ago the Houston Ice
aud Brewing company offered a prize
TO the person suggesting the most
appropriate name for new soft
beverage they were putting out
Among the scores OF names suggest
ed the award was made TO Mrs. Mu-
sd Dunn OF Waxahachie, who sub
mitted the name of "Bone-Dry,"
which was adopted by the company
and now appears in all their ad-
vertising.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

Reports from rhe delegates TO the
State Federation Of Music clubs, re-
Gently held In Dallas, will be made
at the meeting of the Mcdowell
club at the Sims library Friday af-
ternoon. Every person interested
has an invitation TO attend.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

Miss Francis Moores is recovering
from fall she received some days
ago when she caught her foot in the
carpet at the head Of the stairs and
fell all the way down. A bone in
her right arm was fractured and she
is carrying that member In splints.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10

Monday to accept the foremanship
of the mill at that place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Commercial Attache Praised

Recognition of the work accom-
plished at Peking by the American
commercial attache, Julean Arnold, is
given in an article from the Chinese
capital which appears in "The Times
Imperial and Foreign Trade Supple
ment' for June, 1917, published at
London. The article is on the subject,
British Methods in China: Vigorous
and Alert Competitors" The para
graph relating to the representative
OF the Department of Commerce reads:
The American commercial attache is one
Of the best educated men in China-that
Is. educated for his job He can tell the
inquiry at his dice at exactly what factory
he can get a machine tool, a case OF timed
salmon or leather belt he can tell you
exactly what American factories can pro-
ducs and what they cannot, and he hunts
high and low 10 find samples of foreign
products his knowledge teaches him viii
be OF use TO his factories. He is under
no misrepresentation as TO what patriotism
means TO him it means doing the utmost
that lies in him To benefit American in
duatry, TO push forward the sale Of pro-
ductions of American factories, and to
gee mat all Americans are employed when
the end OF the war causes cessation of
war orders and q slump In the worlds
productions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Our Tin Output

Tin caused such a furry among US,
when we came to consider the contain
ers in which we would preserve this
summers garden truck, that London
had a real scare about the prices we
might bid in our efforts TO get the metal
at any cost. Another year we shall
have attained a degree of independence
with respect 70 tin. Having completed
the smelters now under construction,
we may make at least one third Of our
requirements, bringing the ore from
Bolivia. We shall get some pig tin, too,
from Bolivia, for smelters are going up
there also, and Bolivia in the future
will scarcely be content to export only
its ores. Our interest may be meas
ured by the amount OF tin we use
something like 5000 tons month.
our confirmed national
devotion 10 the tin can, We have never
used tin so rapidly as this year Be-
fore 1890 we imported most of our tin
plate. Then a famous episode in tariff
legislation followed. giving rise subse-
quently 10 hot debates, pro and con. A
high duty on imports existed for but
four years, but under the impetus the
manufacture Of tinplate grew so vigor-
ously that after 1900 imports were only
nominal. Before the war our produc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Mother Needs Help
Has Seven Children and No
One to Provide for Them

Widowed and broken in health, Mrs.
D. has turned to the Brooklyn Bureau
of Charities for help. There are seven
little mouths to feed, besides her own,
and seven little bodies to clothc ard
otherwise care for.
In these days of high prices the min
imum amount necessary to provide for
this large family is $3.50 a week, but
as Mrs. d. is aneemic her irregular and
light work brings in only about $3.50
The youngest child is two years old
and the oldest boy will not be of legal
working age for five months. To help
this good mother keep her home to-
gether until FER son can share the
responsibility. the bureau wishes 10
allow her SO a week, and for this
purpose a fund of $500 is needed for
the rest of the year.
Large or sn all gifts toward this
amount may be mailed TO the bureau,
at SO Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn,
marked "For 0325TR."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Footing the Bill

The larger part of the cost of war
should be thrown upon future genera
tions, for through all the centuries to
come the world will be reaping the
benefits Of the terrific struggle of those
living to-day. In framing the revenue
bills these facts should be borne in
mind with determination to call upon
the people of to-day for just as small
an amount of taxation as is possible,
giving fair consideration to the present
situation from all standpoints and TO
the limitless value to generations yet
unborn of the work that the people of
to-day are doing. To saddle the present
with a cost in men, in sorrow and in
dsorganized business operations with
a heavy financial burden instead of
throwing the financial burden on the
future, when the people will be better
able to bear il, and when the progress
and possibilities of the country freed
from war will make the payment of this
indebtedness a simple matter, would be
great mistake. The effort of Congress
should be to lessen TO the utmost extent
taxation on the business interests of to-
day instead of trying to find a way to
tax business almost unto destruction.
1t will be impossible to tempt capital
to invest in new enterprises or the en-
largement of existing plants unless
there is an unusually attractive oppor
tunity for profit. And yet the great
question before the country to-day is
how to bring about the increase in the
output of coal, of iron and steel, of cot
ton and foodstuffs and fertilizers and
everything else which enters into the
business activities of the nation
Manufacturers Record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Stocks


Traders took a more optimistic view
Of the Washington situation to-day and
engaged in further covering of short
contracts. Industrals of most descrip-
tions, particularly those comprehended
in the war groups, rose l to 7 points,
Bethlehem Steel old stock, ordinarily
inactive, scoring the greatest gain
United States Steel and the so-called
independent shares bettered their po-
sition by TO points.
Shippings were also in favor, Marine
preferred leading that division at
gain Of points. Atlantic, Gulf & West
Indies and United Fruit rising 2 or
more with American international Cor
poration.
Coppers were irregular at the outset,
but gained I to ~ in the more active
operations of the last hour. Similar or
greater advances were registered by
American Wooden, Central Leather,
oils, sugars and local fractions.
Rails were inactive throughout the
session, the only noteworthy changes
being limited to the coalers, Lehigh
Valley and Chesapeake e. Ohio rising
over a point each. st. Paul was moder-
ately reactionary and the motors re-
fected a continuance of recent press
ure.
The bond market was firm, with
Liberty 3hs at par to 80 1850 Panama
coupon IS rose per cent on call
during the week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Shipping Under Control OF
the Steyedores'
Union
Run by Socialists
"Red Card" Used as Pass on
Railways; Talisman for
Best Jobs

A Socialist representative VINO mas
been investigating labor conditions IN
Yucatan informed Socialist leaders here
Yesterday that the Socialists OF Yucca
tan have established labor republic.
The representative says: THE work
ers have control. The Stevedores'
Union, with the aid of Governor Saliva
toro Alvarado, has complete control Oh
the shipping.
1.-THE men work when they please, ana
the wages run from 81 day up. 1t IS
virtually a republic OF labor. Even the
agricultural workers have the upper
hand. and the owners of the hennequih
must come 70 them and beg them 10
work. The Indians, who have Just oeeh
released from slavery, see nothing IN
it, as long as they can live comiortaDiy
and happily on what they, nave.
strong that even the president of the
semi public corporation that operates
the roads has to take out union caro-
As for the Socialist red card, it pays
dividends. Any one from the states,
as this country is called, VINO can hash
a paid-up Socialist dues card Is re-
ceived with honors and gets free pass
on all railroads, as well as the soest
iob that happens to be open.
Beer Is sold at rs cents bottle. A
glass of beer sells for 80 cents. Yet
the workers can buy it by the case II
they want it. Automobiles can be
hired in Meriden, the capital Of Yucca
tan. at 81 an hour, and after payday
the laborers can be seen packing the
entire family into machines and taking
them for JOY rides up and down the
main streets, six and seven barefoot
kids and ma enjoying the outing.
"The price of labor is so high IN the
henneouin fields-S5 day is the aver
age wage, and there is no way to spend
it-that the field laborers often can
afford to hire a machine TO go to the
plantation Office to collect their pay.
zone of the remarkable features OF
employment there is that few wor kmen
are ever discharged. II this should
happen. three months wages and free
TRANSFORMATION to wherever the worker
wants 20 go is the invarlable rule en-
forced BY the government.
"A worker who wishes to dispute MS
discharge on a hennequin plantation
gets a pass on the railroad and travels
to the capital, where his case comes be-
fore the Department of Labor. If no
decision is reached the case goes be-
fore the tribunal of arbitration; On
this tribunal one man represents labor,
the other is the government repre-
sentative, a Socialist, and the third man
a capitalist. There is no chance for
the capitalist at all.
"The revolutionary government en-
courages cooperative trading establish
ments, the free distribution of land to
the natives, and is rapidly building
schools. In a recent election in Meri-
den 90 per cent Of the vote went to the
Socialist candidates-all the rest going
to the capitalists"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Cotton Goods Trade

New York, July 2l.-Trading in Get
ton goods during the week was dull.
Government orders continued to come
into the markets for duck and special
cloths. The bag manufacturers were
still buying in fair-sized quantities.
Inquiries for substantial quantities of
goods for late delivery at prices below
the current market were stimulated by
the offerings of late contracts of print
cloths from second hands, who are
realizing a profit on goods bought soce
time ago.
Buyers of wash fabrics and white
goods for spring are operating in a
moderate way, in some instances obli-
eating themselves for about a third of
their normal requirements and spre aI-
ing their business over many sampls
lines. Ginghams continue in active de-
mand, staples having advanced 20 Il
cents a yard. Other colored goods rule
very firm. Bleached cottons are quiet,
with large orders yet TO be completed.
Prints have been quiet, but they are
very firm, one line having been al
vanced &c a yard. The retail trade
has been more active and jobbers con-
tinue busy in shipping out goods or
dered in advance for fall use. Buyers
are very plentiful in primary markets.
Prices quoted are as follows: Print
cloths, 2s-inch. 6ixe4s. 7Ac; 6ixG0s.
TIC; 3sl1-inch. 6ix64s, lie; brown
eheetinps Southern Standards Ice:
denims. 220s, indigo. 27l4c; tickings,
BOZ, Csc; prints. l0c and l0he; staple
lac; dress ginghams, Ice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
strial
Cotton

Improvement shown in the cotton
market early in the session yesterday
was more than lost before the close,
final prices being 81 to 80 points net
lower. and about bottom for the day.
Immediately following the close. how
ever, much better tone developed,
and il was understood that sales had
been made privately at about 20 points
advance over the closing figures.
At the opening the market was irreg-
ular. with first prices from 10 points
lower to 10 higher, but with a steady
undertone which later broadened out
into something like frmness on re-
newal of trade buying of both futures
and spots, partly understood for Jap
anese account, and OIL complaints from
the Eastern belt. There were more
rains east of the Mississippi River,
heavy in a number of places through
cut Alabama and Mississippi and quite
general over the entire belt. Those
in Southeast Texas were regarded as
favorable, and led to optimistic reports
as to the progress of the crop there,
but those in the East, especially IN
the Carolinas, it was said, were not
wanted. and gave rise to a number OF
unfavorable reports. Inability to Gull
tivate the plant properly, and the fear
that boil weevil will increase as a
result of the wet weather, were the
conditions most complained OF.
Near the close 1t became evident that
traders VINO had bought cotton on FRI
DAVIS peace rumors and on Saturdays
early Eastern belt news were not Will
ing to carry their lines over Sunday.
and as offerings increased the market
gave way rapidly, getting into stop-loss
orders as prices declined until Octo-
Der neared 2450, at which level 1t was
found that a large number OF buying
orders. principally for trade account,
existed. This served to check the sell
ing movement, and October did not
fall below 24.53, with a closing range
from 24.53 to 2467, indicating the ac-
tivity of the market right at the close.
July contracts showed leading weak
ness. and thus gave evidence that there
was not likely to be any difficulty IN
supplying holders Of those contracts
with cotton.
Inability to bring cotton forward
from the South was met by the shorts
by securing it at Eastern mill points,
and thus all chances for anything ap-
preaching a corner in that delivery
seems to have been removed. New Or
leans had large buying orders here
on the close, which helped support the
market in the last few minutes. Sales
of print cloths at Fall River for the
week were estimated at 100000 pieces,
including $4,000 spots, compared with
10000 and $4,000, respectively. last
year. Curtailmont was $4,000 pieces,
against $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Commodities j..

22Ac; prime to choice, 21td212.c;. lower
grades, 1914 ic: twins. fresh, colored. spe-
cials. 229. a 23c white, specials. % y n 22%4c
eolored. average fancy. 22d221sc; white. av-
erage fancy, 22d22h.c: cheddars, fresh spe-
cials. 222, d23c; average run. 22l2c; single
daisies. 23& n 24e Wisconsin, W m. fancy,
twins, fresh. white. ga 22stc; eolored, 22g
23c; double daisies. 23M23i2c; Young Amer
icas. 24G2i4c; state, skins. fats. specials.
'l6dl7c; twins and cheddars, specials. 16g
l7c fats. prime TO choice, i3d l5c: twins
and cheddars, prime to choice. l3d l5c; fair
to good. safe; lower grades. 3MIc.
Eggs.-Receipts, 1906 cases. Fresh gath
cred. extras, per doz. 3sG3sc; extra hrsts,
36G37c; firsts, 33l5H35c: seconds. 3oq
81 &c thirds and poorer. 25M29c dirties. No
/. 3OizM31j2c; No . and poorer. 259 3Oc
checks. good to choice. dry. 2sl2 a % l5c; I'M
dergrades, 23m Csc; state. Penn and nearby
Western. hennery whites. fine to fancy. 42n
4ic: ordinary to good. 39M4lc gathered
whites. good to fine. 3s642c; inferior, 3ld
SIC; Western and Southern. gathered whites.
3l@39c; state. Penn and nearby. hennery
browns, 40642c gathered brown and mixed
colors, ungraded, 3in 39c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Steel Shortage in Australia

Stocks Of stce; plates. tin plate and
galvanized iron are low throughout
Australia. and the demand is acute. &C
cording to consular advices from Mel.
bourne. There is at present very
little prospect of outside relief. and
an effort is being made to manufacture
these goods in Australia. Recently
representatives. of a company in New
castle and one in Melbourne were sent
TO the United States TO purchase
machinery for making steel. The high
freights and shortage OF supply offer
great incentive TO the manufacture
OF lines that would have been consid-
ered impossible TO produce before the
war