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Baking Powder, Good health depends mostly upon the food we eat. We can't be healthy if we take alum or other poison dailv in our food. Dr. Price's Baking Powder is abso lutely free from alum. It is made from pure cream of tartar and adds to the healthfulness of the food. Note. — Alum baking powders induce Price Baking Powder Co. dyspepsia liver complaint and kidney trouble. Alum mav not kill, but under mines the health, and ill health makes life miserable. Chicago. * * ♦ i χ , ! 1 ; c πκ»<·ινλι^ 2 ! t ; —'-W. Ε. Ward weniιο Dallas this ■a oral π g. —Dr. J. A. J nes went to Dall..s tliid MOTSiCg. —Willis Colem :i wei.t to ll.llsboru thw muru 11^ —Jim Buchanan was buj ing cotton •t Euutct LOUJ; —Attorney J. II, Sharp of Eunia W«e her»· tod" <■ -—J. E. Weav;r rétumed ih·» m-.ra lug fro·» ? r■ ~ < · · a —T. ti. Les'er. a Dal'as harJ**re «Irani πι» r, ν; ρ ίι ' ci' j last r'gbt —Mrs. Lou Piiili'pt sud ttio κί»B(j Bnu er h* ν o fcUiio l«j KaJi iua.il lu V.c «ft re laiivea. 11» m m ( )fp \Ί r* h f ()r\lrr February j20rh "* I F i t ζ W e b s t e r > I · Ore* t l^ttu^'iiug ouct e»a 6 i a τ* *»> f* m ABB trjVTjwp' ii.k.1. ι ι liviL First class "and and 1 Ordieaira in « Connection « « Α υ M 1 Η Η 1 Ο Ν 25C, soc and f 75e : — Mrs. Ο D. Refd ardchildren went to Dalla» this mon h g to >-ptrd a few dnys with re'atives. — Opt. Μ. Τ Patrick. Jo« W. Sin oleton f>rd R K. Erwin left In et rijjht for Bryan ou a bu^ine's trip. I —Little Μ'ββ Loia Ownby went to I Euiii·» this aiUrmou to vis-it ber littie . .lit-uo, ..ιι»-ί .viaitie McDuilic. — Mrs. W. C. Dalton will leave to morrow tor New York to buy a stock go^d for tha new millinery store aoon to bo opened in Waxauachie. — Misses Lula ai>d Effle Ro»sod, of i Miifoid, who are attending school at j Γ'xas <'nlleg*·, went home last night j ίο «pend Sunday with tbeir parents. ! To Cure a Cold in One Uay i Take J aAttlivf Broiiio Quinine Tab ! lets Ail druggists refund the money I if it fails to t ure. E. W. Grjve's sig | nuture is on escb bi^x. 25 iff VOl! SEND VOIR CHILD ^ to u; with a prescription, you can rest assured it will receive the same careful attention that it would if ! you came yourself. We do not be lieve in substitution. We believe I in only the best, purest and most reliable drugs that it is possible to ' buy. Our stock is in keeping with 1 our belief. I , ι ... nrv porous l\CA PLASTERS : ι King οf All Plasters » ι ■ ■■«■.« i will give immediate relief. They are carefully medicated in a man ι ner which permit the pores of the , skin to immediately absorb the j proper medication. For coughs I and colds: for aches and pains. HOOD & HARTIN Prescription Druggists i MINOR MENTION. i « Short Item· of lolerrst (ileaacd by the / Light Kcporter. ν Little Eleanor Campbell wbo baa been quite elek Is better today. 1 The Woman's Home Miaelon 8oclety j. will meet with Mrs. W. A. Caliee ^ Monday afternoon at two o'clock. New» comes from San Anton Ό that ; Mr. R J. Moore has had another · sinking spell and that tie is vtry low. | Tbe Central bridge gang: came in ] last night and will remain here sever- ! a! days repairing stock pens, culverts, etc. We learned yesterday from Dr. W. ; M. Bojd that Ooadiah Burnett, eon of | Mr. John Barnett, had been quite sick for eocoe time wit À some kind of lung tr. uble. Tbe ladies of 1 U» Christian church will ;jlve « Grecian reception on ihe evening of February 27. A feature of the t vening w.ll be a musicale. Fuller 1 det-iile will be given later. Dr. Paioe, a Primitive Baptist mine er, went to Garrett today where he will preach to nor row for hie congre- ι gation. Dr. Paine is η tjooi preacher atKl tias three charges within easy reach of Waxahachie. Sanford Bussell, who is teaching school at the Gardner febool hou-e ab^ut seven miles northwest of Mid- 1 lotliian, was here tbe other day and said that his tamer, Mr. Bill Bus-ell, had been quite low some time with rbcucuatiu trtuble?. Col. R. H. Connaily, president of tbe Waiahsehie Loan and Trust Com pat.\, has in contemplation tbe erec tion '>f a new h me sometime in the near future. When he Η not busily engaged with hi» office affairs he is studj icg on plans for a home that η to be modern in ail i s appointments. IheConniv ιnasurer s kepori lu the usual forms used by county treasurer* in making their quarterly reports tbe indebtedness of a county is never shown. In reading a report as published in the papers a person would naturally suppose that a county was free from debt, but < each is not always the ca*e County I Treasurer McKnigbt'e last report < shows Kills county to rave on hand in ι cish and other securities $238,747 30. Her total indebtedness 's «181,000, leaving a balance of $ti$,747,30, show ι ing an increase of «boni *30,000 over j the report made this time last jear. Of the above amount οι Indebtedness there are outstanding 165 courthouse bonds of 910C0 such. One hundred and fllty of these bonds are he d by i New York financiers and fifteen h«id by trie ccunty's permanent echoo fund. The annual interest on these; bunds is abcu' >17,500 The perm*- I nent school lund also holds sixteen; road aud bridge bonde of 31000 enob, ! the inter» st on which goes into the aya lable sccoot fund. Three of the bridge brndr were taken up today and ! destroyed, thus ieaviDg thirteen ; bi>nds outstanding The finances of | tbe county are in splendid condition and the bonds be d in New York could ( not be bought for ·1.2δ. Kithard Mansfield Special Tne Houston end Texas Central will run a special train to Dallas leaving Waxabacbie 5:30 p. m. Saturday Feb 15 account Richard Mansfield. The return special wili leave Dalla· after tbe performance. Ticket· Il OU for round trip. . The Light gives all the new·. ELECTION OFFICERS. ippaintmrnts Wide by Commissioners j Court 1er the Easeiojc Year. At the session of the Commission re' Coure late yesterday afternoon be presiding officers for the voting loxes were appointed for the ensuing ear. The list is as follows: Northwest Waxahachie—T. J. Uole. Wtet Waxahachie—J. M. Lancaster. South Waxahachie—J. F. Timmins. Ea*t Waxahachie—J, F. Wyatt. West Eiiiits— 8. ». MiiOanless Southeast Ericis—Abe Carroll. Soatnwest Emu»—S. T. Hicks, fr'orreeton—C*rr Forrest. Nash—T. O. Cheatham. Ferrie—John H. Sai h. Palmer— W. L. Uancock. Bristol— R. L. Spsrkmau. Leland-J. H Carter. Rankin—W. M. 1 timer. Miiford—J. R. Morrel . West Italy—Hadi Martin. Boz— B. F. Forrerftf r. Aubnrn—B. J Townsend. Mt. Peak—H. M. Burleson. Midlothian—J. A. Orr. Oviila—J. M. Harwell. Red Oak — R. E. Orr Avaion—Gus Soiiib. * Garrett—Dr. J. P. t'laik. P<-can Grove—Aaron Davis. Bartiweil Willis t»oach. India Bryant. Crisp—Jim Noel. Bojce—W. A. Bojce. A ma—B. J. Fowler. S;errftt— Jut». I. Wilson. Lone Cedar—Ja«. Aichinson. Oak—A»» Bjnum, Sr. Entign—J. L. Champion, Byron — Γ. J Keleey. Telico- W. R. Κ irk pa trick. Wyatt J. T. Car.ntchaet. Howard—Β. B. Moody. Brittor. J. W. Gay nor. Clemma J. C. Holder. Saralvo— A. S WiUon. Malonej J. M. Maloney. East lialy —J. Ν Orig&by. A ) IUy-T. J. Hartstield. Ozro—W. H. Haye*. F»nlkr<er W. B. iluliemau. la* Lev) Made. At the KfMion of the comnii>eioner* :oart itiit morning three r.»ad and >ridge bond*, Κοβ. δ, 6 and 7, of jltOO >ech, were taken op, cancelled and lewtroj ed. The tax levy for 1902 wa· ordered at· ollow* on the #100 variation of prup i ■ Seneral purpose» 25e tijad aiift bridge .. I2e Road aid brld»f sinking fund 02c ~ourt house _ 10c Total 53c The pell ta* was ρ lac- d at 25 ct nt« ιηΊ county occupation tues «11! be bt tit ot I'te Tht- above rat* in |u«it the s*ma a- was levied lant year. Tbe court began the wore thi* »(· ernoou of nak.itg road otreie«-erii here are nearly flv· hundred t » a; - oini at d tbe court will uol vet tbrorgh « it η tin* ρ rt of l· « wo»-h un til Monday afternoon or Tuerd»y. Deatft oi Mr». Pace, Mrs J. L Pace, wife of Unci·4 l,im bert Pace, died at her home two mile* north < f Palm· r laet Thursday fv^i» ing. She had been very low with pneumonia for several day·, and the end came Thursday evening Bhe was a good chrtatian woman, and died In tbe faith abe had profeaaed ao long. 8be leaves a husband and fevcral children to mourn her death Her remain* were interred in the family cemetery Friday.—Palmer Hustler. SCISSORED TO THE QUICK all our Ladies' Shoes without a cap—"common sense" they 're sometimes called. The Two-Fifty kind now go for $1.95 The Two-Dollar ones are yours for 1.65 The One*Fifty quality bought for 1.25 Queen Quality Shoes we have been sellin&for Two Dollars and Fifty Cents will go back to trie Three Dollar price after Saturday, the ι çth. You 're lucky if pou can now get fitted. CROW BROTHERSJ THE FOOT FITTERS ~ | At the Opera Hou*e. The Kutledge Dramatic Company wa« greeted by a email h uae laat night but the performance given wan highly creditable In every reaped. Eat h member of the cast portrajed his or her character In a very com mendab'e tranner and U>e apprecia tion of the audience w<n mafcifested by generous applaoae. Thi* afternoon at the mntine« "Un der Two Flag*" was played to a larg» bouee. Tonight this eorrpany will eloae lt« engagement here with "Dixie Land", a be*uti*ul southern meio df«m* On next Thnr*day Dtght Fi'z A Webeter'e laughing eucret.*, "V Breriy Time'', will bn preens t d b«-r< If you want to erj >y a hearty lru-h you cannot afford to tula* tbi« attrac tion. Stocking Cuba's Dietrm. Popular dietrc*»i in Cuoa appea.'e to Senator bikioa in about th<* eanie way that popnlar dlptreaa in France ap pealed to Marie Antoinette, who when told ikil the people bad no brea·! to eat, atked why they didn't eat rake, lie doesn't bt !ieve the inhabitant* are In aucb straw* *» they ere renrt-aenled h» heinç, hut if they are, then let the country make an appropriation so that tn« work of »uccor *ha)l fall eqaaliy upon ail. Why not appl> tie· mme mgn «tandard κ* a don ■ atic policy, aito ui«t»*ad of d^vt-lo^iu# ·β· dnatnal ·■ I' rpr<»«a to make an de pet ti«n; ar-it ► •>lf-re»pectiog p« "pie enlarjf»* our aim-hon»»» The B<-ton Trait »oHpt, Yonr wnn.» will be <jui< kly «tip; 'ted if you makeΙμ-πι known i;i the Lljj >t"a Want ό um~s r ΤδΊΓϊτττ τ'-τιητηΓ* fonrrerr» r* κ η ο»« ι οιι β* β β β « ? ι »j I City Property For 5ale : Ρ M » A nrat 4 room cottage n»»»r rquare, In g od rt-j ".|r, s b«'jr*in at * ·* M erf • A 2 7-rootu bou»«* iu We»; Eitd υ a t*.- Hue. Price r»a t.a ·· ™ and term· to mur. JJ " Several cbolc*· t'niv»-rt· , '·»«« ii>«; «... > >7, ι «· at rea· oner»;* \ rs' e» JJJ " A v«ry ehon··*· β room modère cottage, on on# of 2 » mot>t popular t»Mr the b min»»·* fpmer. A bargain, i#rtut to »<jit 3 β at » A very choir»· 4 room ooit%K* aod corner tot. cJo*e in. Prie*1, ίί^'κ» «c J out tb r<l c«*b and Ibe 1 alauc·*· on ea^y t'rms j* * A « hole· δ rnom bou»«\ barn and Ur^e loi. conveo' to charme». «J m ach ot »nd boaliie»» e«*ot*»f Prie* 0?26υ 3 J 4 ro«>n boi»-f ou Al«ii*d»i« atr* et, coBVfolent to mr lin* Prie» et74 *J ·! : Will A. rialcoim & Co.! « OFFICE HE OS Ο FLOOR OD» FELLOWS' ΒΓΠ.ΜΝΟ Ζ UtO ii* *n order and «ur >rii»*»<i at the vith ■»*hieh we oh! 'hf»rf. Ου^ -•om^rs »r<» w*»ii with he way w# haadî* th»«ir ur<j«Ti», and with the *>xcell«nc® of the cfttti—jou'.l be too Sleeper Grain Co. Feed and Coal -W MWSWVV*WVv*^ ϊογιπ we will give you special bargains in new Spring Wash Fabrics. patterns beiore they are gone0 Do your sewing while you hav Γ Why not take advantage of e idle hours. We offer you the first selections of our new two days' special inducements. Madras Ginghams New Spring ttylee Madras Gingham* end Toile du Νold, beautiful pntterne, chtap f.t 15c Two days' sale special ioc I υΐ chou Laces A gr*·»» line Linen Lsres, Home 60 pieces, worth 80, 10c, and 15c, your choice Two days' sale special 3c Ladies' Kid Glove» fl 25 Kid Glove», every pair warranted or UÔW i liutJ Two da^ss' s'ile special 85c I Ladies' shoes One lot Ladies' and Misses' Dongola Kii Shoes, epring or heel, button, worth il 50 Two days' sale special -j\ F Crash 25 bolts good quality Bleach Toweling, worth ■5c to 7 yard Two days' sale special 3j£c ι— \ Ladies' Hosiery 50 dozen Ladies' Black Hose, lisle finish, 60 thread quality, regular 26c Two days' sale special 15c mbrolderies Handsome line Embroideries and inserilngs, 5 to 10 iuchee deep, worth i6e, 20c and 26c Two days' sale special ioc I Ladies' Corsets A big line ladle·' 76c Corsets, tome five style· to select from, choice Two days' *ale special 35c Amoskeag Ginghams This 1· the standard of Ginghams, always sold for 8>]C, 10 styles to select from Two days' sale special 5c Linen Towels 100 pairs Linen Hoek Towels, large size fancy borders, worth Mc pair Two days' sale special 20c New Dress Percale 100 pieces jast received, red, dark blue or China blues, they are 10c and 12Kc values Two days' sale special India Linens 86 pieces each of India Linen* and Nainsook·, s· regular 8>,c quality, 10 yards to a customer Two days' sale special 5c SY * ψ Ψ Ψ φ We shall give j ou two days' special sale each week. Watch for our weekly announcement. It will be a saving'to you We intend lo regulate prices this season. : : Remember these special bargains are on sale Monday and Tuesday