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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23
H|GH SCHOOL To
PRINT An ANNUAL
CAMPAIGN Is BEING MADE THIS
WEEK no SECURE SUR
6CRlPTIONS FOR SAME.
Leather Round and Leterei in Gold
VIII He Attractive as Keep
sake TO Remember school
Days.
a campaign is being waged today

A campaign is being waged today
al the high school for the purpose OF
securing subscriptions To the Etea
School Annual The first enc ham
dred copies will be sold at il price OF
TIPS each. payable 50 cents cash
and the balance when the annual Is
delivered. The campaign is being
conducted by Editor Griffin and
Manager Shell, who. deserve much
credit for the annual they are %
ting out. II Il 1oA p4ge hng
leather bound m gc
A two color boz Lends 0eaatg u
the pages Tbe name sesecee4 IS
The Cotton Bal whica 10 SAY the
least is fitting name for school
publication In the metropolis OF the
banner cotton county of the world.
The book will be well illustrated and
printed on the very best paper.
The Cotton Belt will be a work
OF art in every sense aud will be d
credit to the high school. Parents
are earnestly urged to help the
children secure this annual. The
price is within reach OF one and all,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

Hansen, Dallas: w A Roberts.
Houston; s. E. Taylor, Waco; Gil
bert Miner. city; viii r. sneed,
city. Miss Verna Erwin. city: F.
Crook. city; Jas Rockwell. city;
]. L Hey and wife, city; Miss Hos
ford. city, f. L. fIerson. city; Miss
NJ Hawkins. city, Miss G. NJ
Whitman. Waco; Edward A. Kent,
Boston, Mass; G. ". Ballard Den
ton. Texas; d. " Fisher. New York.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

when the labor and material that
will 20 into it is considered With
out the support OF the people such
publications cannot ha made hereaf-
Ter. 1t In not saying TOO much 10
cay this years annual will be the
! est ever published
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

While he was visiting in the
Plains country ]. z. Ros, who deals
III All kinds Of livestock, came across
a herd Of forty-seYen steers that he
fanciea and asked the price Of the
lot. After considerable dickering
he bought the los st S2s.50 around
and SHIPPED theng te market. From
me deal he realized q neat sum of
moneg
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

the Ellis county club and Miss
Wicker was her maid Of honor. This
is the first year Ellis county stu
dents at the A. & NJ college have
had club. and they are delighted at
being houored by the young ladies.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

The meeting OF Rebekahs tonight
at the Odd Fellows hall will be Of
unusual interest and every member
ought TO attend. The team from
Frost will be present to put on the
work and Italy lodge members will
be guests Of the local lodge.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

F Owens. Dallas. w NJ Car.
ts' Dallas M. ana Mrs. T. Miller
laias; J. w Tnppet city. Geo.
e. Dallas. Geo. oxerztreet
=" lasi Sarah Young. Dallas; DR.. ].
ba'iard and wife, Dallas; W. l..
Gardner and wife. Dallas; Env.ne
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

Deputy Sheriff Harry Rogers ar
rested VIM. Edwards. wanted on q
charge of robbery near Crisp. who
had been at large for some time.
He also arrested negro on a boot
logging charge
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

George Billiard. Billie Burks. Mrs.
Tom Forrest aud Misses Ralney Har-
rison and Rhedia Wicker have re-
turned from College Sattion, where
they went last Thursday to attend
the interscholastic meet and carni-
val. Miss Harrison was princess for
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

J. t. Paul and daughter. Mrs.

J. T. Paul and daughter Mrs.
N sEsFs. are here from Hunt
county visit to L. J Paul ii
he RaeBa vista community Mr.
M 7ruler citIzen of Ellis
eaEn as attef where he wan
dsr b. l al@ays feel more al
aome hese nan anywhere else. He
declared feday that Ellis county IS
the best county IN ali the world ami
that Waxahaohie is the best town.
lie reports crops in fine condition
since the recent rains in Hunt
county.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

I. W. Jeans Of Basque county is a
guest OF his brother and family of
Maynearl. He reports the crops
looking fairly good in Bosaue, but
nothing like the crops of Ellis coun-
".
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

Oak was burned last night logs
with its contents which I'D
$4,000 worth Of iced and q
seed, an automobile valued It
and q surrey valued al sl09 ]
small pigs were burned to lsata
MIR Hines expected 10 20 q
ten today on business and taas
town last night and was At Tie
of Frank t4opson when be "a
today that his barn had bu1a
hurried home 10 make arraassa
to rebuild.
Mr.. Hines recently bought
place and moved there froni RI
He carried no insurance.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-23

Mr. and Mrs. w. c. Biggers have
procured rooms at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. W. F. Meningitis on
Franklin street and are domiciled
there for the present
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24
FERDINANDo ORCHESTRA.

Have you ever heard The Poet and
Peasant" played by quartet of sax
ophopes? Last Tuesday evening when
the Ferdinando Brothers dance or
chestra which appears here tonight in
Colonial hall. was IN town near Bos-
ton they were requested to have this
selection on their concert program.
The request was granted but the one
who asked for this selection never
dreamed OF hearing. it on four saxo-
phones. The, result was a personal
hand shaking of the quartet by this
well known city official who had made
the request, for his favorite piece. To-
night the concert will start at 8 and at
until IL dancing will hold sway.
It's a wonderful compliment to play
all summer at the Million Dollar Pier
and then receive a contract for five
years for return engagements Such
is the good luck bestowed upon Ferdi-
nando Brothers, Dance Orchestra and
it is this same organization with its
all reed Instruments and banjo and
saxophone quartets which will appear
in Colonial hall this evening for the
last time this season. Tickets are 35c
a person.-Adv-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24

POLLS

Charming Eva LaRue. with her
company of eight snappy dancers and
singers is to appear in person at Polls
theatre today. Vaudeville's Cleveress
,Comedienne in her new Broadway
tRevu' is veritable reflection of the
Great White Way.
When war is interesting the entire
country nothing more timely has
tbeen seen in Bridgeport than the cur
rent release of the Hearst-Pathe News
shown at the Poll theatre today. With
motion picture photographers present
at every military movement and train
ing camp by special permission of the
army and navy departments and tax
ing the official photographs for Euro
pean governments the whole of the
worlds events in military activities
are seen on the Poll screen today.
/ Supplementing this unusual and &C
scurate depletion of world events lovers
s of the silent drama will be given an
opportunity to laugh with George
Walsh in the five-act drama entitled
1.-THE Book Agent" Critics who have
witnessed the preliminary screen
showings declare that Smiling"
! George Walsh the Ginger Boy, fol-
lows in the footsteps of countless
scores of famous men in his full-of-
action, mile-a-minute,s srazzle-dazzle
picture play. Humorous situations ga
lore are staged for the gloom dispell-
I ing offering.
In vaudeville, Fred Cerreli & Com
pany appear in Nothing Like 1t. an
offering in which, the piano, accor-
deon, physical culture, weight-lifting
and a sensational closing dance are
interviewer by a clever pair; Dave
Roth, the champion versatile artist Of
variety appears; Oliver and Opp. pre-
sent their great sketch, Discomfort, !"
and Rives and Harrison, up-to-the-
minute man and woman of New York,
Chicago and San Francisco, convulse
audiences with their farce, Almost a
Patient,
Polls program. increasing in volume
and quality, cannot be missed without
loss to the theatre-goer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24
N. Y. Bankers Predict
Heavy Over Subscription
To Liberty Loan Bonds

New York, May 24.-Subscriptions
already received have reached such a
vast total and they are coming into
banks and other agencies in such a
steady stream that predictions were
made in the financial district today
that the Liberty loan would be pop
ularly over-subscribed. However.
there was no diminution here today in
the campaign for subscriptions.
Authorization was expected today
from Washington for the New York
federal reserve bank to issue particl-
patton certificates in amounts of $40.
These certificates will be distributed
among employers who have under
taken to use them in paying salaries.
They will circulate as currency in al.
most the same way that the federal
reserve notes circulate They will not
bear interest, but when a purchaser
has accumulated five of them they
may be converted at the federal re-
serve bank into a $50 bond.
While definite figures are not avail
able as to whether New York state
has reached in actual subscriptions
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24
EMPIRE.

"The Voice on the Wire" the thrill
ing mastery mystery tale in serial
form, the second chapter of which
tops. the bill at the Empire theatre
this afternoon and evening is posi-
lively the greatest of all film plays
told in chapter form over before
shown at this theatre. Ben Wilson
and Neva Gerber, two of the most
popular Universal stars are so-starred-
There. Is great scope for their person.
alities of which they make the most.
The plot has to do with a series of
mysterious events each of which is
preceded by a ghostly warning given
by a weird voice on the wire" A
strange muffed figure and a dismem-
bered hand serve to intensity the
mystery which at times seems most
uncanny. And in the character of
John Shirley, q criminal investigator
Ben Wilson attempts to locate the
mysterious voice." See each chapter.
Emmy Wehlen, the beautiful Metro
Metro masterplaS. Sewers and Reap
ers,s a drama of love. strife and self
sacrifice. This is the sort Of filmplay
that appeals to one and all and there
are many intense dramatic moments
throughout the play. Other fotoplays
will also be shown. Tomorrow:
Pauline Frederick, the star of stars in
her latest Famous Players Paramount
masterpiece, Her Better Self a
gripping drama of the day with Miss
Frederick in. the greatest role of her
brilliant screen career.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24
Annual Reception
AT st. Vincent's Is
Postponed One Week

Announcement was. made today by
Mrs. William E. Allen, president OF
the Ladies of Charity of St. Vincent
de Paul, that the annual tea and re-
ception planned by the society for
this Saturday afternoon, at st. Vim
cents hospital, has been postponed
until Saturday. June 2.
This action is prompted by the un-
timely death of Father Edward ".
Murphy, of ST. Augustine's parish,
whose funeral servioesowiA take place
ON saturday D Sag
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24
Bridgeport Led.
Tn Navy Recruits
For. Last "a Hours

Yesterdays acceptances of recruits
for the United States. navy as an
nounced at the navy recruiting head
quarters, New Haven, discloses that
Bridgeport led the days patriotic re-
Spouse to the call to arms. New
Haven showed no recruits at all.
Bridgeport was represented by
these men: Stephen Pribula, Earl
Lynt, LeGrand Dexter Saunders,
Hans Nicholas Lund, Jr., George Bre-
mier of Devon and Harry Lund, Of
Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24
ELKS HOLD LADIES' NIGHT.

Ladies' Night celebrated at the
lodge rooms of the B. P. o. T., No
Sc, in Bridgeport last night was such
as to be emulated by other TeAges
elsewhere throughout New Engahnd
About 70 persons thronged the club
house and the reception hall wl1eze a
troupe of professional entertksk ters
kept them laughing until close to the
midnight hour when supper was at-v-
ed 1t was voted one of the mos se1c-
.essful events of the Eiks' seatseA.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24
Bensiger's Gambling
House Not In Broad
Street, AS Reported

AS a result of an error on the. police
b1otter the address of the gambling
house, raided by the police and CON
Quoted by Adolph Bensinger, was
given as T185 Broad street. This adj
dress was not correct. The premises
visited by the police are located in
Fairfield avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24
TALK ON VACANT INCHES,

Rev. H. Douglas Pierce, pastor of
the Memorial Baptist church, preach
ed on Vacant Niches," last night
when the 9th anniversary of the
Young Peoples society of the First
Baptist church was observed. He
said that in church there are many
vacant inches that young persons may
nlL
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24

The State Department was advised
that 500 Villistas surrendered to thu
Carranzistas at Chihuahua City ant
would be distributed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24
i s$Y6 CT zlisB. ! q

The largest attendance the Plaza
has registered in several weeks is
marking the daily presentation of the
extraordinary spectacle, Joan the
Woman" this week
Geraldine Farrer the noted opera
star, is cast as the immortal Joan of
Arc and scoring a triumph in the role
The story is based upon the life of
this heroic Maid of Orleans and adj
heres as closely as possible to the his
toric facts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24
CoRTEz G. RoCKwEI1. Plumb

ing and Heating, jobbing a speciality,
3051 Main and HILLSIDE avenue.
Phone 1862. E1A sttf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24

The Battle of the Towers at the
gates of Orleans is probably the most
thrilling and most gigantic scene ever
filmed and it is more than likely that
many of the participants were injured
more or less seriously before the film
was completed.
The picture was shown for months
at the 44th street theatre, New York,
at prices ranging as high as two dol
lars and is now running at the Co
lumbus theatre at top prices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The Women's Christian Temperance
union will give a musical and literary
entertainment at the Headquarters
239 Gilbert street on Friday evening.
at 8 o'clock The afternoon meeting
of the organization will be omitted
The entertainment, which will con-
sist of songs. solos. recitations and
the like, viii be in The charge of
Jerome May. Mrs. George Carter and
Charles M. Wellington A quartet
Prof. Jerome May will give several
banjo selections The entertainment
will be free to members of the organ
tsation and their friends. An offer
ing will be collected for the work of
0he w. c. T. U. Mrs. j. J. Bloss,
president of the organization, has re-
turned from Sharon and will receive
all guests at the musicale
A very pleasant shower was given
last evening at the home of Miss Mar
garet c. French, 100 Porter street,
in honor of Miss Emma Eckel, who
Is to be the bride of William Klein,
June 20. Miss Eckel received many
very pretty and useful gifts
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Drew of
g. Crescent avenue. are rejoicing
over the arrival Sunday of a nine
pound baby girl. Mother and daugh-
ter are doing splendidly
DIR. and Mrs. c. E. Blackman OF
1895 Noble avenue, are guests at the
st. Charles hotel. Atlantic city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24

: the minimum of $3.50. OOO, 900 set by the
treasury department, financiers pre-
dicted today that the subscriptions OF
the New York federal reserve district
will aggregate 81, 000, 0G0, 600. So
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24

It doesn't follow beca use a fellow
the exploits of Daredevil Dick, that
he will walk up cheerfully to regis
ter Ter CONSUMPTION.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-24

DR.. and Mrs. c. E. Blackman of
1895 Noble avenue, are guests at the
St. Charles hotel, Atlantic city.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-24
THE LADY AND THE DISHRAa
Woman Does Not Realize to What
Depths She Sinks HerseIf by Using
Popular Expression.

When a woman declares that she
"fcels like a dishrag" she Is dragging
herself down to the lowest level Of
still life. We doubt not from the per-
sonal appearance of that handy ar
ticle of domestic utility that II any
life existed ut all In said rag 1t could
not possibly fall lower or feel meaner.
However, woman should NEVER offer
herself in comparison with so de-
graded an object for the simple rea-
son that mankind spurns the dishrag
most vehemently, and as woman
exists solely for man she should not
seek to lower herself in his esteem.
When rag takes up its duties in the
dlshpan 1t has reached the tag end
of abandoned hope, the climax per-
haps of merry life. A dishrag might
have been a lovely lady's hose In its
palmy days, adorned by silken gar
ter and surrounded by costly lingerie.
But it Is not of its past that I speak.
1t Is of its present social standing, its
vulgar environment and its utter
elf-abandonment. TITS true that you
may feel fatigucd to limp and loppy
degree, but never can you feel so
utterly wretched and beyond redemp-
ton as a dlshrag.-Zim, in Cartoons
Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-24
First American M. D.

The first native of English-speaking
America to receive the degree of Doc
tor of Medicine was William Bull, who
died in London just century and a
quarter ago. He was born in South
Carolina in ITO, and in his young man.
hood went 70 Europe TO study medl-
cine, receiving his M. d. degree ut Ley
rem. He practiced his profession with
considerable success in his native col
ony, and in TAG became lieutenant
governor of South Carolina, position
he retained until the revolution. Re
naming loyal 10 the crown, in 1852 he
accompanied the British troops to Eng
land, where he resided during the re-
mainder of his life. Lawrence Bohum
was the first physician in the English
Colonies of America, arriving in 1910,
and holding the position Of physician
general of the colony of Virginia for
one year. His successor, John Pot, was
the first permanent resident physician
in the colonies.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-24
Honey in Jewish History.

The numerous references to honey
in the Bible are due to its being the
common sweetener of the people /;
and to this day the Jews. who are fine
old crusty conservatives, use honey in
cooking where other people use sugar.
Still, it had certain distinction, and
was used rs the symbol of fruitfulness
and plenty. When Jeroboam's wife
wished TO propitiate the prophet she
took him ten loaves, two cakes and a
cruise of honey. When Jesus reap
>peared to his disciples they tested his
reality by giving him a piece of broiled
fish and some honeycomb to eat. AS
for John the Baptist, it is known to all
that his common food consisted Of
locusts and wild honey.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-24
THESE SHOES WEAR rs YEARS
They Are Made Of Grass and Arc Still
Worn by Natives in Parts of
Portugal and Spain.

Esparto shoes, or shoes made of the
toughest and strongest of the coarse
esparto fibers, are still worn in Iberia
and parts of Portugal. There is no
shoe made which will outlast them, not
excepting leather shoes. Indeed, one
pair of esparto shoes has been known
to outwear dozen tanned hide soles.
This is due to their faculty of picking
up and retaining in their interstices
stony particles. AS fast rs the pebbles
are worn out they are replaced auto
matically by others. Thus self-soling
process is constantly going on. 1t is
not uncommon in some parts Of Spain
or Portugal to hear the natives boast
of wearing pair of esparto shoes for
20 years or more.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-24
WRITING IS MANUAL LABOR
In Five Hours Average Penman's Fin
gers Travel Over Third Of
Mile Of Paper.

The average person has no idea how
much muscular effort is expended in
writing letter.
A rapid penman can write 80 words
a minute. TO do this he must draw his
pen through a space of 1871 feet. In
40 minutes his pen travels furlong,
and in five hours third Of mile.
In writing an average word the pen
man makes in the neighborhod Of 16
curves of the pen. Thus in writing 80
words to the minute his pen would
make $50 curves, 2S,SO0 curves in an
hour and S6,4Oo,0OO in year of 800
days Of ten hours each.
The man who succeeded in making
100000 marks with pen in month
was not at all remarkable. Many men
make 100000 while merely writing.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-24
DOCTORS SONS WIN REN0WN
They Are Brought Forward az Rivals
Of the Progeny Of Both Farm
ers and Ministers.

At last rival to the farmer and the
minister in the role Of famous father
bood-or fatherhood of the famous
is brought forward, the New York Eve
ming Sun observes. The changes have
been rung on the parentage of men
like the two chief candidates for the
presidency in the recent election and
of other leaders, But 1t remained for
william Browning, writing In the Med
ical Record, to contend that among
eminent personages large number
were sons Of physicians.
There is food for thought in this,
and as the author gravely prophesies,
''the more embryotic science Of his
tory may yet find activators." He IL
Illustrates his theory by list of the
men about Lincoln in the Civil war
times. The vice president, secretary
Of state, secretary of war, speaker of
the house and the organizer of the
Union forces-McClellan- all doc
tors sons. In the same group We find
David Davis, the close friend and nd
wiser Of Lincoln; John Hay, his private
secretary; Stephen A. Douglas, his
leading opponent in the contests be-
fore the war.
Exactly what part in the preparation
of these leaders for high station their
fathers may have taken we are not in
formed. But q good case might be
made out Of clear thinking related TO
prompt action and Of unselfish devo-
ton 10 the needs Of the public. 1t
may be said that the old-fashioned
family physician was away from home
a good deal, but certainly his charac-
ter might well make deeper impress
sion on the children than the repeated
Erecepts Of man of another type.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-24
The Versatile Manchurian Farmer.

In the early fall in Manchuria, the
natives undergo sort of magic change
from farmer to bandit. 1t seems some
thing of a psychological somersault-
one day a plodding farmer, the next a
highwayman. After the tall kaobang,
or giant nillet, is cut, and escape is
not so easy over the bare plains, an
other clap of the hands and 10, q
peaceful farmer once more! 1t is not
only the farmer who plays this excit-
ing game; May another staid men,
Der of the community has his little
fling. Some even combine their roles,
differentiating according to the seas
sons. With the oriental's disregard for
conditions, man is often u bandit,
merchant and magistrate all at once.
Alice Tisdale, in the Atlantic.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-24
Didn't Get the Umbrella.

One of Chauncey Mitchell Depew's
best stories is the story of the spotted
dog which, as q boy, he bought from a
local dog dealer. THE next morning
1t was raining" he says, "and l took
the dog out into the woods, but the
rain was too much for him. 1t washed
the spots off. / trotted the dog back
to the dealer.
Look ut this ANIMAL said. The
spots have all washed off,
Great guns, boy! he replied, there
was an umbrella went with that dog.
Didn't you get the umbrellaT"