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The Waxahachie him- «vu WAIIAIIAI IIIK, IK.\As, HI HMs| η VI Dally Light s I is lUO'.p M MIIKU I HI >♦♦♦«♦»»♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦ >♦♦♦»*♦♦»♦♦ »»» ·♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ▲ Canned Sweet Potatoes Φ 1'he iinest you ever ate. The flavor is mure I natural than anything put up in cans £ 3 pound cans 15c each • or 2 for 25c. Phones J_ B. MINES «** ♦»»♦♦♦♦·»·» »♦**»»♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ . ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ »♦♦«»<«»♦>♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ To Be Healthy \ You should take cure in selecting your groceries We han φ die the pure food, guaranteed kind-i. Our store is screened « against the filthy flies and if you want to see a clean store, * see ours a PLUMMER 6 MIDDLETON * Both Phones No 10 Connally's old stand. »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ « ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ « « « ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ »»»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ««mm** Crystal se" "Crystal" Flour; none bet fnr Tnrlnrlo α carlr in vftiir np.ït ter. Include a sack in your next order and be convinced that we sell the best I ^ (Ml Swift Premium Hams and Bacon always fresh. A m. IJlll Hynman's and Dodson, Braun Pickles. New y/^Vv shipment just received Fresh Honey, 15c per \% /' pound. Phone us your order R. C. JOHNSTON 4 CO. Phones 31 | ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦ »***m«m«* Fresh Flour We are selling "Sifted Snow," "Town Talk," and "Golden Crust." Every sack guaranteed. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables as the market afford> Phone us your orders. ..... Both Phones O. P. LU M LE r I « »m«*««* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦mmm ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ #♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ·»♦♦♦·♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ * — : Prompt service and J Satisfaction Guaran- ♦ ♦ teed. Call me when ♦ « you need groceries * ♦ : — 4 ♦ :1 d !g E ♦ 00SH DS iW. A. GIBSON I ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦« ♦»♦♦♦♦♦·»·♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ «♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦ ♦ « ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ .55 ; w I ♦ 6 can* extra sifted early June peas 1 gallon pure apple cider vinegar 35 2 25c cans Calumet Baking Powder .35 ♦ ♦ : ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ THE SPOT CASH STORE W. B. RENDER ·»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ > ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ «»· ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ I ♦ I ♦ The tup of the market in the Coffee line GOLDEN CUTE COFFEE .A · '*·&->' · Fresh shipment just received. P. P. SMITH & CO. a L 'RID HELL'S ACRE ! OF ILL SULOOHS I'll*· Promises o! hour Commis-j sioners Favor Relorm. ; RESTRICT SALOON DISTRICT1 I I Delinitc Action Will Not tic I a ken ; Until Return ol Mayor Davis arid Commissioner Powell I from Montreal. Can. I i Fort Worth. Tex., Ans. 18. Ml I | the saloon* will bp removed from j Hell's Half Acre. The pledge of four members of I the City commission to that, effect ! was made to a committee of Sunday's mass meeting Tuesday morning, and lit is known that Commissioner IJow 'ell, before leaving for Montreal, an nounced that he would vote for such I a measure if he had an opportunity. jBoth he and Mayor Davis wil have j an opportunity to vote upon the mat* iter, for out of deference to their re quest the other members of the eom Imission postponed final action upon !the question until the two absent of j ficials return. But while the mayor and water j commissioner :tre away Police C0111 jmissioner Mulkeq and Corporation |Counsel Slay will be drafting an or idinance to meet the situation in re I gard to the "acre" saloons, and this | will be in readiness for immediate j action when the full commission meets again in about two weeks. It is taken for granted that the ' limits of the saloon district this side ' of Trinity river will be confined to I Houston and Main streets, though tjie commissioners did not pledge themselves to that detail, preferring ι to make a more thorough Investiga tion of the proposition before reach I ing a final decision upon it. Marked enthusiasm greeted the ι Announcement of the various offi cials that they agreed with the senti J ment s of the petitioners that the sa (loon and the "acre" should be di ! voiced. There wa« a large crowd ! in at'endance upon the meeting anil as each member of the commission { ! declared hinisef upon the question he [received a round οι apilau«e. (iilvin It ν.Ίν (<» Art Now. j Comni's·. ) 1er OSilvm was ·»<· f>> t I (o speak out on the matter, lie said: I "I do not wish to sidestep I lie niat !ter and am willing to act now. When j conditions become such that an of i ricer is shot, down· from the hack , while he is in the discharge of h'^ jduty, i think the u u·» h .s con1» 10 art. I am not in -or of any un it.ecessary delay In tue mattei, hit out of courtesy to Mayor Davis and j Commissioner Powell, who request led that we postpone action until j after tney return, I am in favo- of doing so." After the meeting was over Mr. Givin expressed himself in more definite terms as favoring the removal of the saloons from the "acre." Commissioner Mulkey, whose at attitude on suctj matters is generallj known, said: "I had not had a va cation for two years or more, so 1 went into a hiding place last week and only one man knew where 1 was. The marshal of San Angelc brought me the first message ot Campbell's death. He came after me. Campbell was a man under m> appointment, and I had no doubt ol his bravery. He handed me his res ignation a few weks ago, but latei came and said that if he left that resignation in our hands lie would he called a coward. He had cautior but with all tiiat he was shot dowr in a place that has caused me mort trouble than any other thing Tbert was an effort to remove it even be fore the commission form of gov eminent came in. Mulkey\s Contention. "Men came to me and said tha the breaking up of the 'acre' woulc mean the distribution of prostltutei over the residence section of th< city, and busiuess men claimed tha 1t would ruin their business, but i , would not. Many men have mle understood me. My contention hai j always been to place the saloons ii the main business part of town, and in this I am not fighting the sa loon keepers of the 'acre,' but am merely trying to relieve that, part of town of a business that ought not to be there. If the saloon must be had, let's place it where It can be controlled by the fewest men. If I had my way about it the 'acre' itself would either go to some othei section of the city or else leave Fori Worth entirely. But as long as bai men and weak women live in the world we will have the social evil and for us to say that we can solve It is to delegate to ourselves more wisdom than most city officials ol our day have been blesesd with.' MM IS FOUND DUD NEAR HOME Mrs. (.«•orqia Bradv s Ht ,ni Is i Crushed.—Body in Lovs I,ol LIVED ALONE NEJUTTERRELL Va lu a blips arc Mismi·»; ami HuMmtv Apparently Motive lor ihr Das tardly ( rime—(Mirers Are liivrsiiqatimi Terrell, Tex., Auk. 18. - Walter Turner and Will Gtolightly two young men living in South Terrell, ciiirit! in town yesterday morning aboui in o'clock and reported that 111<·> had found (he dead body of Mrs Georgia Brp.dy lying In the COw lot near her hotne. Constable Clark and City Marshal Keller went at once to the scene and found Mrs Brady's body in the corner of the fence with the top rrf the head mu tilated and her brains scattered over the around. The only weapon near the body was a butcher knife, although it gave no evidence as having been used in the tragedj. as there were no blood stains on it. The wounds in the woman's head were not made by this, but by some blunt in-stru m « η ι the instrument being carried away. No other wounds were found on the body except those on the head The murder must have occurred some hours before the body was found, as life had been extinct for some time. The body when found was about 100 feet from the home of d**- ised. There weer no sign? of a struggle whatever. A plank in a fence near by was broken in and must have been made with some blunt instrument or bar of iron. Steps were found leading into the π ttou field, whi ·'· were followed by the officers. The footprints were of iverage size, mi at the start in it eated that whoever made them was walking at a leisurely pace, but later in broke into a ten. The city marshal followed these f footprints far into tin» cotton fiold, in ι l> t not yet viltclosid the res ι is of Lis iuveetigttum. 'ft'he remains of 5!is. Brady «ore removed fro·, the lot into the home, wthere they remained until the undertaker could ..repari them for burial. Mrs Brady lived the life of a le cluse. much against the will of tier relatives here, who repeatedly ,-n trentci ,.er to make her home with them, out she preferred living alone ou In r [arm. She «as last seen alive late Monday oven)ug at her home. The- supposition is that on hearing some noire about her premises Mon day night sin· procured her butcher knife for protection, and wont out to investigate, and was killed. Tuesday afternoon Marshal Keller returned from the scene of the crime having failed to find any clew, ex jrepl. i,s lo the motive of the crime. ; which was evidently robbery. To j verify this theory, it is stated that ι two gashes were found on the right j knee of the deceased, where, it Is stated, she carried her valuable pa ! pers and money. These were miss ; ing ■ j Mrs. Brady was born July 8, |18Γ>Γ>, on the little farm where she was murdered, and was the daughter jof the late George R Bast-hall. a i highly respected pioneer citizen of ι Terrell, who pased away a number iof years ago. RAILROAD IKE IS BUtlNEQ All Ρ asserujer I rains Deiotircd Over Γιίηϋν ami Bra/.os Vallev. i . j A section of tlu> Houston and Texas Central long bridge over Cliani j tier's creek, a few miles this side of Corsicana, was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is sup posed to have been started by the dropping of a hot ι iuder from a lo comotive in dry grass. All the main line passenger trains were detoured via Waxahachie over the Trinity and Brazos Valley The Fort Worth train came out of Knnis on time Wednesday morning and waited here for the northbound main line train. The transfer of passengers, baggage, exppress and the Pullman was made at this point Southbound main line trains went south to Knnis and then backed to Waxahachie, where they were transferred to the Brazos Valley. Freight trains were an nnlled until tile bridge was repaired. A Bull Game. In a fa.st gam·· of baseball Monday at Southland park the Β. Γ> li 's defeated the Methodist- by the score nf 7 to o . The feature of the game for the Methodists was the pitching of Tims Wikins and the catching nf Frank Quaite. For indigestion and all stomach trouble take Foley's Orino Laxative as It stimulates the stomach and liv er and regulates the bowelrf and will positively cure habitual constipation B. W. Fearis. d MX" MOIÎO « Mil.MtIN ΙΙΙΚΝΚΙ» ι <»jil nil t.'an !'\plod«*N and Sets Fire <o House. Dr God dard of Itoyce telephoned this offic. this afternoon and stated ι liai a «( «πι houso occupied by Al bert Templen, colored, near lkc, was consumed by flic today about 12 o'clock The fire was caused from the explposion of a coal oil can. Two negro children, ageed I I and 2, were horribly burned. The 11-year old daughter. he wt: led. could live only a abort while The hoiife ^ as located on the Peters farm, and when the children's clothing caught fire, the older one tail to he creek and sprang into the water, but not until her flesh was horribly burned. The yontigccr of the two. while pain ftiIIν burned, it is not thought the fully burned, it is not thought tth Injuries will prove fatal. The bouse and contentts were ι total loss. All Hecords Smashed. Thai yesterday was the hottest day of tin summer in Waxahachle, * was shown when the thermometer climbed awa> above the loo mark. Wealh'-r Observer Long ace re slates that tie government thermometer registered 112 degrees above zero at :J o'clock in the afternoon. At 9 o'cook last night the thermometer ui front of Monroe Bros.' drug store pointed to tho '.)"» degree mark KENS FROM CITY Of EUS A ( ollon Buyer Lslimales Crop ol Coùnly al 65.000 Halt's Κ η ti is, Tex., Au«· IS. On ac count of the recent shortness of the ν a : er supply here the street sprink ! 1er v\ as taken out of service and lias nu been resinned, and the dust nuisance lias become serious. Two weeks ago the secretary and [members of the Railrond · Young I Men's Christian Association inaug urated a membership campaign to .secure fifty new members by Aug. 13th. They were successful, as Is ι shown by the results last night, ι An oil car In a local freight train ion the Central wî>s turned over Sat urday afternoon near Halmer and i passenger trains both ways were con siderably delayed. The southbound So. 4, due here at 4:40 came in three hours late yesterday evening. Herbert Higginbotham, a local I cotton buyer, said today tiiat he be ilieves Ellis county will not make ! more than til),000 bales of cotton this year. He calculates that the ] crop is not more than two-thirds of last year's yield, and from this con dition must be taken at east 30 per cent on account of the totrl failure ' in the western part of the county. This will reduce the yield, Mr. Hlg Ulnbotham thinks, to less than 50 I per cent of last seasons crop in 'this county. Read what the 4 avertlaers say, f j DON'T FORGET THE "PHONE" j when you want anything· in drugs or ι medicines. It naves you time ard j is just as easy for us to till your or J der and deliver it if you live near the car line, as it is for you to come down personally. That is tre good in dealing with a reliable pharma cist. You know a telephone order will be held as sacred as your indi vidual request, and it will be tilled as p'omptlv anu as carefully with the right kind of drugs. M UN ROE BROS -PRESOMPTION DRUGGISTS Qualltj Si bftutlltll ( ».1 r 1'rl ·»* ' I ANY SUIT IN THIS STORE $6.75 or $13.50 : The $6.75 kinds are suits worth up to $15.00 The $13.50 kinds are suits worth up to $35.00 You will have to "get busy" if you profit by these prices. Matthews Bros. — *\'T ι· 1 1-t h e-T ruth" Clotliiert