The Waxahachie Daily Light
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a look at the inside of our store; you don't have to make a pur- *
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» Vegetables: Peppers, Okra, Tomatoes,
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» Fruits: Apples, Oranges, Bananas.
• Melons: Watermelons and Cantaloupes.
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AUTO EXPLOSION
i TWO ARE DEAD
Γ wo Ollvïs Are M ο r I ;i 11 y
Wounded and Four Se
verely Injured.
! GASOLINE TANK LETS GO
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Blazing Fluid Thrown all Over Pleas
i lire Party in Touring Car, Fright- j
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hilly Burning 1 hem—Drag
ged Into Creek
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S> Ivania, Ga.. July 15.- Two per-:
Isons are dead, two mortally lain red
land four others are more or less se-J
Iriously hurt as the result of an ex
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plosion of the gasoline tank on the
j touring enr of George M. F1IH late
Tuesdaj night ai Jackson bridge,
tuiles from this place.
The dead :
Hewlett Hill, infant.
j Miss Fannie Mills.
; Fatally injured:
George M. Hill. Jr.. twin brother
j of Hewlet t Hill.
Mrs George M. Hill.
! Seriously Injured:
Miss Ruble Thomas, baril > burned.
George M. Hill, severely burned
about head aud body.
Miss Turline Cooper, severeij
i burned.
I George Hilton, I I years of age,
! painfully burned.
! Mr. and Mrs. Hill had taken a
party of young people for a ruoon
' light outing. While preparing to re
turn to town the car was backed
! onto the bridge, the tank containing
the i^isollue being ripped off. The
fluid was tlirowii over the ο ecu nan
and flames quickly spread, covering
the entire party.
The clothing of the two infants
and the women was almost entirely
consumed.
Several youths gave such aid as
they could, but it was not until the
shrieking women were dragged into
the waters of the creek that the
flames were extinguished.
News of the accident was tele
phoned immediately from a farm
house aud physicians were hurried
to the bridge.
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Lamp livpliidcs and Two Children
Die—Two Others Seriously
Burned.
Waco, July 15.—Flames claimed
a harvest of two lives early yester
day morning when Dinkum and Lau
ra Baker, aged 13 and 6 years res
pectively. were so badly burned that
they died at the city hospital that
afternoon. Robert Baker, aged 12,
and llattie. aged 11. were burned
at the same time and their injuries
may also prove fatal.
The children, who are negroes, re
sided with their parents on South
Second street. They were locked in
a room, when a lamp exploded, set
ting fire to the cabin. Two other
'children were in the same room but
were not Injured in any way.
Had it not been for the heroic
work of several negroes the children
would all have been burned to a
| crisp. The rescuers broke down the
doo's and smashed the windows, go
in;; into the flames to bring out the
, halt razed children, w ho darted
hither and thither in the blazing
' room.
Sue Oil Company.
) St. Louis, July 15.—Seven and a
.half million do lars is the sunt which
'the stale ol A'kunsas is attempting
;to secure oui the Waters-Fierce Oil
: company, by means of a suit which
I was given a hearing here today. The
1 company is alleged to have violated
the Arkansas anti-trust act of 190.".
Γη addition to the fine, the state asks
(that the company be ousted from
j Arkansas.
To Prevent Smuggling.
New York, July 15.—A force of
:',00 watchmen, organized by Collec
,tor Loeb, was put on duty today and
i «rill guard the piers so that smug
gling. prevalent of late, will be made
'all but impossible.
Ladies and children, you are wel
come at all times at Katitorluiu. 88
SIEEL WORKERS
ENGAGE IN flIOT
Strike al a Pittsburg Plant Re
sults in Shedding ol
Much Blood.
OUTBREAK NEAR BUFFALO
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Police Reserves Hushed to W ichwire
Steel Plant. Where a Buttle V\ ilh J
Mob Is Reported—Fight
ing Is F ierce
Pittsburg, .July IB. Six wounded.®
two fatally, and fifteen seriously in- .
jured by flying bricks, iron, slag and I
clubs, are the results of yesterday's
strike by the men employed in the
Pressed Steel- Car company's plant '
at McKee's Rocks. The riot, slarl
itiirIt late iu tlie day. came without '
much preparation. The striking men
■omposing for the great part the for
eign element of McKee's Roeks. |
i-laini that since a pooling system of j
pay has been introduced they have .
been receiving less pay for the same,
uumber of hours they worked than '
irevkms to the change.
TIih men employed liy 'be Pressed
Sir. 1 Car company art? not members
>i an} particular union.
The authorities believe the situa
tion is well in hand and that they,
lie able to cope with any emergency. 1
following the walkout of about
l>alf the force of the Pressed Steel
'ar company employes at McKee's
llocke, near here, early yesterday
morning, the entire plant, was closed
ilown at noon. immediately after
which rioting began between the
strikers and the employes who had
remained at work When the first of
the workers reached the outer gates
they were attacked by the strikers
with stones and missiles and watch
men stationed there began to fire
over the heads of the strikers. One
man was struck in the head and
slightly wounded and another was
irrested. He was rescued by friends
ind the watchman compelled to flee, ι
Several thousand strikers gathered '
ibout the gates of the company dur
ng the afternoon and fights and
•ioting continued. More than iOO 1
.vere seriously injured by the strik
■rs and only the arrival of a sheriff's
leputy and a squad of officers pre
sented serious trouble when the
tight force started to work at G ;
)'< lock.
One hundred deputy sheriffs arm
■d with Winchesters and guarding
lie plant of the Pressed Steel ("ar
company and 2h(i state constabulary
tie en route to the scene from
Sreensburg.
Mr. W. J. Bishop, who begins a
series of lectures at the Church of
Christ tonight, arrived in the city
this morning from Midlothian and is
it guest of A. 1£. McCartney.
ISA 11.1!U.\I>S lu II ill, WATKK.
\aty Will Obtain Supply for Kn
gines from lliu/us Kiver.
Tlic drouth is having a telling ef
ect iipon the railroads in this por
ion of the state and unless the situ
11is iniuit'0\f\toi\ relieved by
■niiis both the Krtty and Central will
>e forced to the extremity of putting
>11 water trains. The superintendent
if the Katy was in the city Wedm s
lay investigating the local situation.
For the past three or four mouths
water for eugines at this point has
been obtained from the creek and
now this supply is about exhausted.
An effort is being made to relieve
the situation by sinking a deep hole
π the bed of the creek. In the mealt
ime the management is negotiating
'or a large number of oil cars to be
ised in hauling water from thej
■Irazos river to those towns along j
he line which are in the dry belt,
riiese places will include Hillsboro,
Vaxahachie, Lancaster and Rock-,
vail. It is expected lhai the opera
ion of the water trains will be com- ;
lieuced within the next few days
The Houston and Texas Central's
veil at this place is lower than it !
ihs been f >.· several years. It is im
ossible to pump water enough from ι
lie well to supply all the engines
hat have heretofore been taking |
vater here. A freight train was tied
ip here eight hours Tuosdaj be- j
■ause of a lack of water. Wednesday 1
mother train was caught here for
ieveral hours on account of η dry
ank. it is salil the road is now fac
ng the problem of hauling^·, ater uric,
inly for several stations along the
ine, but for the shops and round
louse at Κ mi is.
m Λ I) MAN \l.l\i: At. VIS
I'Ik' Wife liuiicil W Iui( Sin l lnumlil
Was II u-lminl.
New Vork, J til > I·"·. -The request
if Mrs. .1 1*. Hoover that the police
wfk hf*r missing husband was the
first intimation the public had that
tie was not buried last Sunday in the
graveyard at New Brunswick, Ν J
Mrs. Hoover admitted that after an
unexpected absence of five weeks
jhe and his relatives identified a
body which had been floating in
New York bay off Staten Island as
that of her husband and she spent
£120 for the funeral last Sunday.
She went into deep mourning.
"Several hours after the funeral,
said Mrs. Hoover, "1 whs startled by
Ihe return of my husband whom 1
believed that 1 hsm just buried. He
explained that lie had been away
looking foi 'w>rk and did not want
to i-ouie hone until lie found a job.
He remained with me Monday ni^iii,
when I went out to meet some
friends and since then lie lias tailed
to return and I would like to have
the polite l'iud him "
tiet» S>:50 a Montli.
New York. July I . Mrs. William
1!. Budd, a cousin oi r" il Harriman,
will receive it· a month from her
husband, under an order of the
court effective today.
TO SttAKCH Tills COFFIN.
Uo<]y ol Woman in lU'ooklyn to B**
K\hnme<l,
New York, July l A son and
two daughters vv 1 jί> did not share iu
the v. ill of Hie late .Mrs. Carolina
Shilling- who ·\i♦ ·. 1 at her Brooklyn
r«vdden<e iu l s». will take steps to
'· t. r.i ··».?- .»\humed in the be
. ■ > ν; > 11 :t led se\ era I
·· d-» ..··! · nei , (»hv- in ,)\t cof
fin ami î ]<' ·.·■. >-at* t ι i.. from
sharing hi then n: »
tate.
si i s m MitKi: riti >r.
Mississippi Ask- i'rnaltii's in
Amount of s 1 l.ooo.ooo
Jackson, Miss., .1 u 1 .v 15. Attor
ney Oenerar Stirling yesterday filed
suit in the chancery court of Holmes
county against the Retail Lumber
Dealer*1 Association of Mississippi
and Louisiana under the anti-trust
statute of Mississippi for the recov
ery of penalties aggregating $14.
I 84,000.
The suit was brought for the min
imum amount, being at the rate of
il'fMi a day for ',)8."i days since March
1 Î. 1 The maximum penalty
prescribed would have been $.",000
a day and the sum asked for would
have been $400.000.000. There are
seventy-two concerns involved
If people with symptoms of kid
ney or bladder trouble could realize
tin ■ danger they would without lost
of Η,· α commence taking Foley's
Kid ne: Remedy. This great remedy
s ι ops ti ■ pain and the irregularities,
strength' us and builds up these or
.Tiiit··. n;i ! there is no danger of
Hi ioi.-ci' ,auP f)r other serious dis
order Di not disregard the early
syiripto.i.s. I!. \Y. i earls d
GENUINE VIOLET ΡΕΑΜΕ
It is not generally known that
much of «hut is sold as Violet
Perfume contains no Violet at all,
but is an imitation of violet made
from chemicals.
We recommend our
"GHETTO VIOLET"
to you as it contains no fictitious
chemical odors but Is the gen
uine essence of tlie flowers, gath
ered from the violet gardens at
Riviera.
This essence is concentrated
and gives the delightful odor of
the flower Itself.
It is sold in bulk at 60c. an
ounce.
Our perfume stock contains the
leading odors from the beot per
fumes. We choose them In this
way as every perfumer has some
special odor iu which he excels.
Munroe Bros.
--PRESCRIPTION DIU'UGISTS
Qua 'ν Sitbstnntiate^ Our Prices."
25 PES CEBT
ON
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All Spring Suits
A Grand Round-Up of what remains if our spring
Suits, for the purpose of ciosi'.g laem out.
For quality of Tailoring, Style and
Character these suits cannot
be surpassed
$12.50 Suits $ 9 45
$15.00 Suits $11.25
$20.00 Suits $15.00
$25.00 Suits $18.75
ET US FIT YOU
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Time Table No. 20
In Effect Sundav, July 11th
Between
Dallas
Wax&hachie
Corsicani
Train No. 5
Leaves I>a 1 las 9:30 a. in.
Loaves Waxahacbie 10:35 a. m.
Arrives Corsicana .. 11:45 a. in.
Train No. «
I.fiivfs I'orsleana ... 8: il p.m.
Leaves « Waxahachie. . 4: 4 Γ» p.m.
Arrivas Dallas 5:55 p.m.
J. J. MULLANE,
C. T. & P. A.