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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-11
R0TAR|ANs HEAR
ABOUT LUMBER
JAMES w. ROCKWELL DELIVERS
INTERESTING TALK BEFORE
ROTARY CLUB ON THE LUM
BIER INDUSTRY.
Committee Is Appointed to Work
With Chamber of Commerce in
Bringing to Attention of Cin1mis-
sioners Needed Repairs on Corsi-
cana Road.

The Waxahachie Rotary club met
in regular semi-monthly luncheon
on Thursday noon at Hotel Rogers.
A very pleasant repast, as only
the Hotel Rogers con serve, was en-
joyed by twenty-four very enthusi-
astic Rotarians. After the luncheon,
which consumed twenty-five min
utes, the meeting was called to or
der by President Naylor and the
regular business was disposed of.
President Naylor requested that
every one make a special effort to
have every member present at the
next luncheon date as that is the
day to nominate the board of diree-
tros. The board of directors elect
from their number the president and
secretary, SO it Is important that ev-
cry member be present to help NOM
mate this board.
Rotarian Robert Harrison called
to the attention of the Rotary club
the deplorable condition of the
Chambers creek bottom road be-
tween Waxahachie and Corsicana and
made motion that the chair APP
point committee to call on the
county commissioners and see If they
could not get this stretch of road
frrave1ed Rotarian Harrison said
the Chamber of Commerce had ap-
pointed a committee to work on this
matter and he wanted to know if the
Rotary club could do anything. The
motion carried and the following
committee was appointed Rotarians
S. p. Spalding, f. A. DuBose and
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DISTRICT COURT
D|SP0S|NG CASES
NON-JURY DOCKET Is BEING
HEARD BY JUDGE r. Ii. HAW-
kINS THIS WEEK.

Judge Hawkins has been busy in
district court this week with the
non-iury docket and the following
orders were made Thursday:
G. S. Diggs ys. Johnny Love ct al.
partition; receiver appointed to sell
property.
James A. Baker ct al, receiver of
|. &c G. N. Ry. Co. vs.. George r.
Smith ct al. Injunction and to re-
move cloud. George f. Smiths
term of office as tax collector of FL
lis county having expired the court
lis no longer disqualified and plain
tiff's motion to order them to pay
to the clerk S3,367.75 and also ST.
|286.91 without prejudice to mat
tiers otherwise in controversy, is sus-
tanned, and tax collector directed to
receipt for said amounts.
Robert Chandler VS.. Unknown
heirs of G. B. Pennington, deceased,
ct al, recover cloud from title;
plaintiff has Judgment as prayed for.
G. W. Jacobs ct al VS.. unknown
heirs of b. +. Hoffman. deceased,
ct al. remove cloud from title;
have judgment as prayed for.
L. G. Minis vs. unknown heirs of
R. G. Montgomery, deceased. ct al.
ct al, to remove cloud; plaintiffs
judgment as prayed for.
B. n. Barton VS.. Lynn Alexander
Sweat ct al, partition; Judgment as
prayed for.
Tom Johns VS.. R. G.. Johns, parti-
, ton; receiver appointed to sell
porperty.
| Exparte M. D. Jenkins, to remove
| disabilities; disabilities are re-
moved.
| Waxahachie Lumber company VS..
IT,. M. Woodruff ct al, debt and fore
closure; plaintiff has Judgment by
defaalt with foreclosure OF vendors
lein.
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10 eSoyeer1an Revival Begins Next Sunday Morning II
at the New Church West Main Street. We want you M
L. d. Lasswell.

kotarian G. r. sehuster explained
mat he thought Ennis was going
70 do a great deal Of this wort a,a
'iiat the Waxahaehie Chamber of
commerce committee was going -
WORK with them. It was suggested
that better results might be Obtain.
cd II the different committees would
Work together President Nayior
said that the Rotary club was viii
III 10 90 all it can to help the city
and community to better conditions
but II would prefer to work in con-
junction with other organizations
rather than to take the initiative.
After the business had been dis.
posed of Rotarian James w, Rock
well gave q very Interesting and in
.structiye talk on the lumber indus
try. He explained at length the diff
ferent kinds Of lumber, its different
uses and Of how il is cut in the for
est and logged down the rivers
fwhere it Is possible to get to rivers.
1t being cheaper than railroads) to
the mills where it is sawed into DIFF
ferent kinds Of lumber by machinery
that Is so nearly perfect 1t is hardly
necessary for the human hand to
touch the material until It comes
out of the mill in the finished lum-
Der. In concluding his talk Rota-
rian Rockwell said that New York
was now paying 500 per thousand
for the same lumber that Waxaha-
chic is selling for $40. He also said
that any one in Waxahachie owning
a lot and drawing a reasonable sal
airy, but not able to pay cash for
lumber. could easily get credit from
the different lumber yards in Wax
ahaehie with which to build a home.
He said that Waxahachie was the
only town OF its size that he knew of
wherein a person could get lumber
on credit with which to build
home by merely giving lien on the
house.
At the close Of Rotarlan Rock
wells talk there were five minutes
time left in which other members
said Il few words of interest. Meet
ing adjourned promptly at | o'clock
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A reward of $500 win be paid by
the company for the conviction of
any one found guilty OF taking the
Daily Light from the yard or lawn
of any subscriber of this paper EN-
PUBLISHING co.
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WOMAN MAKES
BOLD ESCAPE
ALTHOUGH CRIPPLED, CLIMBS
THROUGH TRaNsoM, ELUDlNG
OFFICERS GUARDING ROOM At.
HOTEL.
dad Returned to Fort North From
WaNalachie Where She Had Been
Given Preliminary Hearing on A.
legged Charges OF Forgcry.

asandchte " here She Had Beer,
Given Preliminary Hearing on Al
legged Charges OF Forgcry.
FORT WORTH, Texas, May H..
In spite Of the fact that she il SIS
years old and has badly crippled
hip. AIRS. Minnie Scilarff, in custody
for her alleged connection with the
Commonwealth Trust Company swim
die, climbed over a transom of the
room at the Terminal hotel at s
O'Clock Thursday morning and eseap-
ed. An elevator boy. who knew that
she was under arrest, notified County
Detective John Alderman, who was
occupying nearby room, as soon as
ne had taken her down to the ground
floor. Alderman was in pursuit OF
her before she had been gone ten
minutes. but found no trace.
The woman was spotted by City
Fire Marshal Mcclure Wednesday
afternoon when she called at an au-
tomobile supply house on the North
Side for some repairs. Mcclure noti-
fled County Detective Ben I.eGett,
who has been searching for her for
several days. LeGett arrested her
and she was taken to the county at
torney's office.
She was then taken to Waxahachie
to answer a charge Of forgery and
passing forged instruments The
complaint alleges that she procured
a Dodge automobile and S100 in cash
from f. J. Caldwell of Ennis. She is
alleged to have given a time deposit
certificate on the Houston concern
known as the Commonwealth Trust
Company to Caldwell, 1t showed a
face value of 1000 and was identi-
cal with others which have been
spread over Oklahoma and Texas by a
gang that has cleaned up $4,000
and secured many automobiles.
Mrs. Scharff was given an exam
lining trial on the charge Of swindling
before Justice Wilson after II o'clock
Wednesday night. She was held to
the grand jury under bond of $4,000
which she furnished. LeGett knew
that she was wanted in other places
but had no warrant, so she was not
placed in Jail when the party arrived
from Waxahaehe at 1:45 Thursday
morning. Instead she was locked in
the room at the Terminal and Alder
man secured a room nearby.
A charge Of swindlins is pending
q gainst her at Peeos, where she is al
legged to have obtained q new Ford
car. and LeGett received a telegram
from Amarillo Thursday morning
saving she was wanted there. The pa
per she is alleged to have disposed
Of amounts To nothing more than a
nromissory note. according to County
Attorney Spoonts. but many bankers
in Texas and Oklahoma have been
fooled by it. Mrs Scharff is the sew
enth person arrested.
The woman is well known here and
has been involved in a great deal of
litigation. She was injured in rail
road accident several years ago and
has since been crippled, She is of
German birth and talks brokenly-
She has dark hair and wore tan
tailored suit and high crowned
black turhan when she took her UNI
departure.
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j, 100000 CORNS
LIFTED RIGHT OFF
Try 2 Drops Of Magic @

Try 2 Drops Of Magic '.Gets-it."
There is wonderful difference
between getting rid of corn now
and the way they used to try to get
rid Of it only four or five years ago.
"Gets-It" has revoiutionized corn
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The Daily Light gives all the
day it happens.
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that you wish to dispose OF let the
at In the Daily Light want cosumn
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Read the aight-get all tho news,
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28
switzerland Like United States.

Switzerland is the only European
example of II federative and demo
cratic republic of the American type,
observes a writer. Switzerland, rs the
United States, was born from u desire
for emancipation from autocratic des-
potism like the United States, Swift
zerland never believed in the divine
right of kings The very past which
the ancient federates, on that quiet
spot, the "Rutli," ON the classic Lake
Of Lucerne on August 1, 1891, swOre
to, embodies that great principle for
which now, 626 years later, the United
States is fighting, namely, to quote
President Wilson's own words, "FOr
the right of those who submit to au-
thOrlty TO have a voice in their own
governments" There the old Swiss
proclaimed self-gOvernment against the
autOcratic rule of the Hapsburg, in the
following words: eve Ordain and di-
rect with unanimous accord, that in
the aforementioned valleys we shall
recognize no judge who shall have
bought his rights with money Or in any
other manner, or who shall not be a
native and an inhabitant of these dis
tricts."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28
Colorado.

Near Silverton the Highland Mary
is working three shifts at both the
mine and mill and shipping each
month.
From Silverton m a report that
work is going right along and ship
ments being made regularly from the
Pride Of the West mine in Cunning
ham gulch.
The flotation of minerals dates
back to the accounts OF Agricola, who
tells us of the virgins who dipped
greasy feathers into the stream and
drew forth gold.
At Telluride, in San Miguel county.
the ore shipments for November were
very large, the number of cars of COM
centrates shipped totaling 1872 as
against 116 last year.
The Coming Wonder property which
has been among the shippers of the
SilyertOn district all year is ready to
do a considerable amount of develop
ment work during the winter months.
The Ariadne property situated on
Storm peak in the Cement creek sec
ton of San Juan county, which is be-
ing operated by Alfred B. lies, is rap
idly getting into shape to enter the
shipping list.
The Red Mountain shipping season
now drawing to a close proved the
three leading shippers of the district
to be the Congress Leasing, with 5000
tons; the Barstow, with 300 tons
crude and $50 tons concentrates, and
the Summit Mining aud Milling Com
pany, with 1,775 tons. Miscellaneous
small shipments from the smaller pro-
ducers in the vicinity bring the total
for the district up to between 5000
and 5000 tons.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28
New Mexico.

Articles of incorporation were filed
by the Linda Vista Oil Company, Of
flee at Arthur, N. M.
According to figures that are being
compiled for the government and for
publicity use, the output OF the mines
in the Lordsburg district for 1917 Will
total about $2,25O, 200. The e~ighty-fiVe
mine was the biggest producer, with
the Bonney second.
Two thousands five hundred tons
of coal a day. This figure was reached
by the combined output of the princi-
pal mines in the Gallup district. II is
the largest coal production in years
and It is expected by mine operators
that 5000 tons a day will be reached
within the next few weeks.
An inspection Of the extensive alum
deposits on the ella river. twenty
miles north of Silver City, is being
made by Gerald T. Hill OF New York.
The deposits are said to be the larg-
est alum deposits on the American
continent, and their development
would give Grant county still another
mineral
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28
BRINGS OUT LATENT TRAITS
War Develops Hidden Qualifications
Of Many Young Heroes Now
In Governments Service.

ut takes all sorts Of things to bring
out latent traits I'm us ALL" The speak
err in the club car rolled his cigar Il
the other corner OF his mouth. The
other occupants sat silently, surmislng
that a story was coming, recounts a
writer In an exchange.
"Knew a young fellow over East
Father had lots OF money. Son did not
seem inclined to add n great deal to
It by working, but made several dents
In the family purse by his spending,
Not that he was a bad boy at heart
only thoughtless. Sometimes l think
the rich father was attempting to
make a business man out Of a man
never intended for that sort Of life. The
boy did not seem TO be able to find his
niche. Said to me one day when he
had gotten confidential: You know,
my only fear Is that l am not going to
make something out Of myself that will
make dad proud of me- And the two
surely did love each other. One day
the boy asked the father for several
thousand dollars. It was forthcoming.
Then he asked the father to cash a
check for some money left him by his
dead mother. He got that. Then the
boy sort Of dropped out of New York
life.
Next thing l knew he was a lieu
tenant in the aviation section of the
army. He had bought two airplanes,
taken them down into the country to
one Of his fathers farms and learned
to fly. Guess those that knew him
thought 1t was another of his money
burning ways. But when he thought
himself competent he went to the gov
eminent and simply said: Here l am,
ready for any service you may have for
me- and the government took him up
in u hurry. lie may be in France. But
you should have seen that fathers face
light up every time he mentioned that
Joy. And when he does get back from
France he and his father are going to
De greater pals than ever, If that be
possible.
Nov ] am not going to say that
many young men nre going to have
about $4,000 at their beck and call to
demonstrate hat it only needs the &C.
,asion to make men out of them, but l
10 say that there are scores of young
men doing just as much or more"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28
Futile Disputes.

In stating prudential rules for our
government in society, 1 must not omit
the important me of never entering
into dispute or argument with another.
] never saw an instance of n Of
two dlsputants convincing the other
by argument.
1 have seer many, on their getting
warm, becoming rude and shooting one
another.
Conviction is the effect Of u own
iispassiOnate reasoning, either in soil
.ude or weighing within ourselves, dis
passiOnately, what we hear from 9th
ers, standing uncommltted in argu-
ment ourselves. It was n of the
rules which, above all others, made
Doctor Franklin the most amlable of
men in society, never to contradict
anybody" If he was urged to an
lounce an opinion, he did 1t rather
1y asking questions, as If for infor-
nation. or by suggesting doubts
Thomas Jefferson.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28

day and put a million dollars behind
u reorganization plan in t~wenty-fouI
hours. You'd say so yourself If 1 were
at liberty to explain. But again were
lodging and wasting your time an6
ours. Think the matter over-about
your stock-and let me know before
noon. It's rather cruel to hurry yOJ
so, but time is precious with us and
"You sit right down there, yOune
man, and put a little of this precious
time of yours against mine" said Kin.
zie, pointing authorltatively at the
chair which Smith had just vacated
"You mustn't go of at half-cOck, that
way. You'll need a bank here to dc
business with, won't your"
Smith did not sit down. Instead, he
smiled genially and fred his final shot
mo, Mr.. Klnzie; we shan't need 6
local bank-not as a matter of abso
lutte necessity. In fact, on some &c
counts / don't know but that it woult
be better for us not to have one"
"Slt down." insisted the bank presl'
dent; and this time he would take nj
denial. Then he turned abruptly upOr
Baldwin, who had been playing hit
part of the silent listener letter-per
feet.
Baldwin, we are old friends, and II
trust you to the linton any PROPOSE
ton that doesn't ask for more thar
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. honesty
How much is this young friend Of Ouri
talking through his HAITI"
"Not any, whatever, Dave. He's gOl
the goods" Baldwin was wise enough
to limit himself carefully as to guam
tity in his reply.
Again the banker made a cOmica.
bristle brush OF his cropped mustache
II want your business, Dexter; I've
got to have 1t. But I'm going to bC
plain with you. You two are asking
me to believe that you've gone outside
and dug up a new bunch Of hackers
That may be all right, but TimanyOnI
Ditch has struck a pretty big bone that
maybe your new hackers know about
and maybe they don't. You've had 9
lot of bad luck, so far; getting your
land titles cleared, and all that; anC
you're going to have more. I've"
II was Smiths turn again and he cut
In smartly.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28
German Schooling.

German schooling has proved antag-
onistic to cooperation, although de-
handing unity of action through mass
obedience, Winthrop Talbot writes In
the Century. 1t mas failed to foster
real cooperation, for cooperation is a
method by which persons of their own
yOlitiOn and by no cOmpulsion may
work together tremendously. Only
when training and schooling are the
common privilege Of all is that state
Of civic development possible which
permits society to become cooperative
in It's action. In other words, a So
cialized society becomes more possible
only as all individual members acquire
each the widest vision, and thus the
power to cooperate tremendously.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28

Data hastily gathered indicates that
price fixation on silver will directly
affect several hundred metal produc-
ers in Arizona and probably 5000
wOrkmen.
The Shattuck-Arizona Copper Com
pany has declared a quarterly divi-
dend of twenty-five cents a share and
twenty-five cents extra, payable Jan.
10. Three months ago tine payment
was fifty cents and seventy-five cents
extra.
A dispatch from Miami, from the
Gibson Consolidated Copper Company,
states that following the strike sew
eral years ago of thirty per cent. ore
another leaser has broken into an
equally rich streak of high-grade cop
per in another section of the mine.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28

Rnne met the Issue fairly. Il DOM
know you yet, 6fr. Smith; but I do
know Colonel Baldwin, here. and i
guess I'll take a chance on things a.
they stand. I'll keep my stock"
The new secretary's smile nj rather
patronizlng than grateful.
"As you PLEASE, Mi. Knzie, Of
course" he said smoothly. l"But I'm
going to tell you frankly that you'll
keep It at your own risk. 1 am not
sure what plan win be adopted, but ]
assume 1t will be amortization and a
retirement Of the stock of the original
company. The voting control Of the
old stock we already have, as you
know"
The banker pursed his lips until tho
stubbly gray mustache stood out
stlfly. Then he cut straight to the
heart Of the matter.
"You mean that there will be a ma
iority pool of the old stock, and that
the pool will ignore those stockholders
who don't come inY"
Something like that" said Smith
NAtuNuAAAIs AhA 0ANha HCAG EUAME
to be generously liberal, Mr.. Kinzie ;
we are giving Colonel Baldwin's
friends a fair chance to come in out
Of the wet. OF course, If they refuse
to come inf they prefer to stay
out"
Kinzie was smiling sOurly.
you'll have to take care OF your
own banker, won't you, Mr.. Smith," he
asked. "Why don't you loosen up and
tell a little more? What have you
fellows got up your sleeve, anywayT'
At this, the new financial manager
Stacked of on the hawser Of secrecy
a little-just n little.
"Mr. Kinzle, we've got the biggest
thing, and the surest, that ever came
to Timanyoni Park; not In futures
mind you, but in facts already as good
as accomplished. II it were necessary
as 1t isn't-I could go to New York to
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28
CHAPTER Vlm.-cOntlnusd.

"You followed7" queried Stantoh. .
Eyes, and when / got there the
colonel was shut up In Williams Of
nce with n fellow named Smith. When
l got a place tO listen In they were
getting ready to quit, and the colonel
was saying: That settles II, Smith /;
you've got to come over intO'-I didn't
catch the name Of the place-'and help
uA'"
Again the gentleman with the sharp
jaw took time for narrow-eyed reflec-
ton.
"YOun nave to switch Over from the
colonel to this fellow Smith for the
present, Shaw" he decided, at length.
"YOu look him up and do It quick"
The young man glanced up with a
faint warming OF avarice in his sleepy
eyes. "It'n most likely run into money
for expenses" he suggested.
"FOr graft, you mean," snapped
Stanton. Then he had 1t out with this
second subordinate In crisp English.
"Pm onto you with both feet, Shaw /;
every crook and turn of you. More
than that, l know why you were fred
out Of Maxwells Office; you've got
sticky fingers. That's all right with
me up to a certain point, but beyond
that point you get off. Underestimate
Shaw made no answer In direct
terms. but II his employer had been
watching the heavy-lIdded eyes, he
might have seen In them the shadow
of a thing much more dangerous than
plain dishonesty a passing shadow Of
the fear that makes for treachery
when the sharp need for self-protec-
ton arises.
"T1l try to find out about the hobo"
he said, with fair enough llp-lOyalty,
and after he had rolled a fresh ciga-
retta he went away to begin the min
ms operations which might promise
to unearth Smiths record.
II was ten o'clock when Shaw left
fhe real-estate ONCE In the HOphra
House block. Half an hour earlier
Smith had come to town with the
colonel in the roadster, and the two
had shut themselves up in the
cOlOnel's private room In the Timan-
yOnl Ditch cOmpany's town Office In
the Barker building, which was two
squares down the street from the HO-
phra house. Summoned promptly,
Eiartin. the bOokkeeper, had brought
in his statements and balance sheets,
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28
Paw Of Our Marine chaps.

The pay Of officers and crews Of yes
sells in the American merchant marine
Is as follows: Captain, $3.50 a month
chief officer, S140; second officer, $3.50
third officer, $120; chief engineer, $3.50
first assistant engineer, $40; second
assistant engineer, S180; third, assist
ant engineer, $3.50; carpenters, $75
boatswaln, $40; oiler, $50; coal pass
ers. $50. In addition to the regular
wages the officers and men now receive
bonuses. which materially increase
their earnings.