The Waxahachie Daily Light. (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 275, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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IKL WAXAHAI HIE
VOLUSIE XV. WAXAHACHIE Π VAS. TU l'KSDAY
BLUFF IS CALLED
TEXAN SHOWS WHERE SPEAKER
HAS OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE GOOD.
CRITICISES UNCLE JOE
Two Pieces of Legislation of Purtl-
rulai Importance to Tollers
Now Waiting Speaker
Cannon's Pleasure.
Washington Feb. 20.—As the re-
suit of Mr. Boutel'.e's laudatory re-
marks of Speaker Cannon in the
house Tuesday Mr. Henry of Texas
soon after the house met yesterday
said that If Mr. Boute'le's statements
were sincere and truly represented
the speaker's attitude toward the
toilers of the country the speaker
would give the weight of his influ-
ence to much needed legislation.
Mr. Henry disavowed any intention
to detract from the praise which had
been accorded Mr. Cannon but he
said there were several matters that
could be enacted into law within the
next few days or weeks "if the spea-
ker would but respond to the de-
mands of the country and the de-
mand of the democrats of the
house."
Ont of these was the employer's
liability bill which he said "the
president had urged in his recent
pyrotechnical message." ^
The other was the bill requiring
notice before injunctions shall be
issued by federal judges. "One of
your candidates for president Sec·- I
retary Taft" he taid "has declared I
in favor of it and the president him- ■
self has asked congress to pass it.'
Mr. Henry asserted that If Speak ι
er Cannon wished to reflect the |
views of the toilers of the country j
he would aid in passing these nieas- (
ures and to that end Mr. Henry \
pledged the solid democratic vote of |
the house. j
GUAM) .Jl'RY COMMKNDKI).
Central Anti-Saloon League of Coun-
ty Holds Meeting.
The Central Anti-Saloon League
of Ellis county held a very interest-
ing meeting in Waxahachie on Wed-
nesday afternoon at which much im-
portant business was transacted j
Among the proceedings was the '
unanimous adoption of a resolution j
commending tlie action of the last j
grand jury in reporting the number
of prescriptions for whiskey issued !
by the different physicians of Ellis!
county and future grand juries were j
asked to continue this practice. j
!
SNOW THF HEAITIPUL SNOW.'
I
Western l'ralrles Covered and Rail- ;
road Traffic Impeded.
Sheriff Forbes who left here one 1
night last week on an official trip to
Northwest Texas and Oklahoma i
was not able to reach home until
Wednesday night on account of j
heavy snows which have impeded !
railroad traffic in the panhandle :
country. Mr. Forbes said the whole I
face of the earth on the plains was j
covered with snow and all railroad j
cuts were filled with it. Snow plows
are kept in operation cleaning out
the cuts so that trains may get thru.
He said in some places the snow was ;
eight and ten feet deep.
Bowd Farrar and T. P. Whipple 1
spent yesterday in Fort Worth.
I ..COFFEE'S THAT HAVE QUALITY.. |
! Ferndell and Ch&s Ô S&nbourn's.
ι These are our two leading brand>. We carry a ♦
I full and complete line and the price will please... t
I ...From 20 cents o 40 pound... j
!Phr J-B.HINES!
♦
Just Received
Shipment of Fresh Chocolates.
X A large assortment and the good kind.
♦ We also handle a full line of Sugar
X SticK and Mixed Candies.
ROY CONNALLY & CO.
Plenty of Nice Vegetables
and Fruits for Friday and Saturday
A fresh shipment of Welch's Grape Juice.
Nice Candies Calces etc.
Phone us yout orders early.
E.. C. LUMLEY
Both Phones 31 Opposite P. O.
I Phone Us Your Order
♦ for a bottle of Duffy's Apple Juice
$ Vinegar if you want something that is 0ure and
good. ..... ... .
We have in bottles Vineland Grape Juice
delicious and goood tasting
P. P. SMITH & CO. N""
» j
LAWS ARE hILLED
TWO IMPORTANT DECISIONS
kkm»i:hki> by the coiut
A OK ("KIMINAIi APPEALS
Tax h NOT UNIFORM
Statute Itcgardiiu· Salt- of Von-In-
ΙοχίΐΉίΓιιμ Ml.': IJqilli] ill
Local Option Districts I'n-
constitutional
Two opinions by the judges of the
court of criminal appeals in session
at Dallas handed down Wednesday
morning: declare unconstitutional as
many acts of the Texas legislature—-
one of the twenty-ninth and the j
other of the thirtieth sessions. Judge
Ramsey in an opinion containing
some twenty pages declares uncon-
stitutional the law passed by the last
legislature levying a tax of $2000
per annum on those persons who sell
non-intoxicating malt liquors in lo-
cal option districts which the law
gives a status under the terms
"frosty" "uno" "ino" "tin-top"
"tee-total" etc.. on the ground that
the tax is not uniform. In this opin-
ion .Judge Brooks dissents.
•Judge Brooks in an opinion holds
unconstitutional 011 practically the
same grcuuds the law which impos-
es a tax of $Γ>000 per annum on
persons who procure arguments or
transfers of wages not due or pay-
able and not earned.
"Ex-parte W. C. Woods from
Orange county" is the style of the
cause in which the non-intoxicating
liquor law is knocked out. After
quoting the act of the thirtieth leg-
islature giting a status to the var-
ious so-called non-intoxicating malt
beverages the court holds that the
law is unconstitutional because the
taxation imposed is not uniform
throughout the state and because |
the proviso in the act of the legisla-1
ture authorizes druggists to sell |
uno ino etc. in a local option ter- |
ritory without paying any tax. That j
portion of the act referred to is
quoted as follows: "Tnis section
shall not apply to regular druggists
or pharmacists who as such keep
for sale as a part of a regular stock
such proprietary Remedies as malt
extracts malt medicines and malt
and iron used exclusively as medi-
cine and not as a beverage."
The court applies the test to the
law that if a druggist was indicted
for selling uno or any other bever-
ages he could not be convicted un-
der the proviso of this act.
opinion in l'art.
I "Suppose" says Judge Ramsey
■ "we substitute the words 'lumber
shingles and building materials' for
the words 'uno ino etc.' we would
have a tax levied in prohibition ter-
ritory upon the commerce of these
useful articles in Johnson county of
$4000 per annum whereas in an
adjoining county among people
wholly homogeneous the merchants
pay practically no tax at all. It was
the intention of the builders of our
government to prevent this condi-
tion of affairs."
Taxes Not Uniform and Kqual.
ί Judge Ramsey's opinion conclu-
des: "We believe the act to be un-
constitutional In that it strikes down
the guarantee of the constitution
that taxes shall be uniform and
equal and entertaining this view
after a thorough investigation and
deliberate consideration it only re-
mains for us to declare it flat justi-
fia ruat coelum. There are grave and
: important questions submitted by
counsel for the relator about some
of which we have doubts but in view
of our opinion on the questions
above treated we pretermit any dis-
cussion of them. Let the relator be
discharged."
This same case was submitted to
■ Judge Davidson the presiding
! judge while the court was in vaca-
tion last summer but he declined to
pass upon it saying that the matter
' was of such Importance that the
whole court should pass upon it be-
fore any opinion wag rendered.
Another Law Knocked Ont.
Judge Brooks' opinion in the case
s'yled M. F. Owens appellent ν; |
i-iate of Texas appel!**'· from Ι'.. \.ι |
c >unty holds tlint the law pas. ■ >1
1/ the Twenty-ninth legislature
page 207 requiring a $5000 tax on !
persons procuring assignments or i
transfers of wages from salarie I
people is unconstitutional It px- j
nlnpts" says the court "any person i
firm or corporation procuring sur li I
assignments to secure the purchase '
price of the necessities of life."
It also is held to be unconstitu-
tional on the ground of the taxation
not being uniform and equal and a
number of authorities are cited.
"The judgment is reversed and the j
prosecution ordered dismissed" is
'he concluding sentence of the opin-
jpn.
Harrinian Decision Kvj>octe(I.
Chicago. Feb. 20. -A decision in j
the suit instituted by Stuyvesant j
Fish and others to restrain the vot- j
ing of 281331 shares of stock in the j
Illinois Central railroad company at I
the annual meeting of that corpora- j
tion will be given today. The ad-
journed élection of directors tor the
company is scheduled for March 2.
Today's court decision is expected to
have an important bearing on the
outcome of the battle for supremacy
in Illinois Central affairs which has
been waged between Harriman and
Fish. It is rumored that the decision
will sustain Fish's contention.
T<> Sell Perry Pictures
New York Feb. 20.—The collec- j
don of prints and drawings by Rem-
brandt and Durer valued at $100-
' 00. belonging to Marsden J. Perry
of Providence R. I. which have
been on exhibition here for some
t me will be removed from the gal-
1 ries today preparatory to being
s lipped to Berlin for display and j
liter to Stutgart. to be sold at auc-j
tion. New Yorkers are asking why a I
valuable collection like this goes
aiiroad when Americans are now the
p rcr.r.sers of great works of art all
o\er the world.
Kansas Democrats Sleet
Hutchinson Kan. Feb. 20.—The !
Kansas democratic state committee
assembled here today for a session
preliminary to the state convention
for the selection of national dele-
gates tomorrow.At today's session
the convention will fix a date for a j
convention to nominate stale officers j
Bryan will be the first and last 1
choice of the Kansas delegation to I
the Denver convention.
Michigan Opinion Mohlers.
Saginaw Mich.. Feb. 20.—Moid-;
ers of public opinion to the number
of over 100 are here today for the
mid-winter meeting of the Michigan
Press association. Addresses on
newspaper topics will be made by
some of the state's leading editors.
A banquet at the East Saginaw club
will be tendered the visitors. Tlie
convefttion will continue throughout
tomorrow.
Candidates
In the coming campaign will find
us ready to fill their orders for cards
and other campaign literature on
the shortest possible notice and in
• the best printing. Enterprise Pub-
lishing Co. tf
Our 1908
Base Ball
Goods
Have Arrived.
We have a complete as-
sortment ot Balls Bats
Gloves Mits Masks &c.
Call and inspect
our line
[
ONLY THE BEST
NEW SHIRTS
. Manhattan MaKe
We cannot describe all the handsome patterns here
for the spring wearing. We want v<>u to see them;
it's worth while. Plaited or plain bosoms dainty col-
orings or white.
Matthews Bros.
"TE.LL - THE. - TRUTH" CLOTHIERS
TWO YOUNG MEN JAILED
AccrsKi» or sti;\i.i\<; two
MILKS ΙΚΟΛ» Τ H Κ I Kl! ItlS
ΚΟΜΜΙ'NIT Y.
One night last week two mules |
were stolen from Mrs. E. .1. Wester '
who lives near Ferris. Wednesday j
tv.o young men were arrest·.·! in
Fort Worth while they were at- ■
tempting to dispose of the anltnri'.i. ]
They gave their names as Frank j
Tate and Otis Johnson. The prison-j
exs were brought to Waxahachi > !
Wednesday night by Sheriff Foilies
and placed in jail on alleged ch.'ir„os
of the theft of animals.
Sheriff Foibes chanced to V·? in
Fort W'orth Wednesday on his way
home with R. L. Bskew. whom he
arrested in Oklahoma on an alleged
charge of disposing of mortgaged
property. While waiting for the
night train to Waxaliachie he was
advised that mules answering to the
description of the animals stolen
from Mrs. Wester were being of-
fered for sale. An Investigation was
made and as a result Tate and John-
son were placed under arrest. The
mules were Identified by a neighbor
of Mrs. Webster w'ho was in Fort
Worth looking for them. It was
learned that efforts were made to
sell them in Dallas before they were
taken to Fort Worth.
<H.\ \<a;s in λ inn post.
Mail}- Improvements in Progress at
Fort Sam Houston.
San Antonio Texas. Feb 20. -
Fort Sam Houston of San Antonio
is being transformed from a regi-
mental into a brigade post. and when
the work now under way is complet-
ed. will be the largest army post in
the United States. This post has had
the most remarkable development.
In 189!» it consisted of 1.00 buildings
of cheap construction which cost
$54672233. It now consists of 183
buildings which with walks roads
sewer system etc. cost $18 45825.-
31. Sixty-four additional buildings
have ben authorized and are partial-
ly completed cost of $290850 mak-
ing a total of 271 buildings at a cost
of $3279393.31. These figures are
furnished by the Quarter-master
general's department and are official.
Fort Sam Houston covers ."i8 5 and
one-half acres and occupies a com-
manding site overlooking this city.lt
is considered the most desirable
station in the army owing to the
fact that the climate h^re is delight-
ful both winter and summer. It is
customary for the war department
to send regiments returning from
tho Philipines here to recuperate
because conditions are so pleasant.
Τ Η Κ SPL.lT I.<H; DUAti.
Has Been Effectively l'sed on a
Number of Streets.
The split log drag has been used
to marked advantage on a number
of Ftreets In the city this week not-
withstanding the facts that the
streets had dried until the clods
were almost as hard as brick bats.
Tht work done was effective and
8iV>ws that the streets can be kept
in kood condition with this contriv-
ance when it is properly used. The
Btreets on which the drag was oper-
ated include Water West Main Mc-
Millan and Ferris avenue.
A revival meeting will begin ai
the Central Presbyterian church to-
night. The pastor Rçv. G. H. Hogan
will be assisted by Rev. S. D. Logar
of New Decatur Ala
a MENACE TO COUNTRY
M ISSOI'ltl l*.\ltl><)\ VTTOItN KV
WANTS I'AllHNTK TO TK.ACIl
OIIM>ltK\ TO WORK.
St. tiouls. Mo.. Fob. 20.—That tho
problem of child Idleness is as Im-
portant as tho problem of ehtld la-
bor at least from the standpoint of
criminology and crime prevention
was the view expressed by Thomas
Speed Mosby Missouri state pardon
attorney in a lecture delivered at
the Odeon theatre in this city last
night before the Citizens' Industrial
association of St. Louis.
Mr Mosby stated that the over-
whelming majority of criminals were
young men. and that over !>() per
cent of the young men found in the
various state reformatories were
found to have been wholly without
previous occupation of any kind.
He showed that the greater number
of criminals generally were indus-
trial incompetents and took the po-
sition that incompetency in the arts
and processes of trade is quite as
dangerous to society as illiteracy the
maximum of dishonesty usually be-
ing found with the minimum of
earning power.
He said that the gravest menace
that confronted American industrial
supremacy in the world's marts was
not faulty schemes of currency
freight rebates monopolies or tariffs
but thb rate of growing inefficiency
on the part of American labor: that
he believed in the training of a 11 to
work. In the wise and useful appli-
cation of all human energy without
regard to age. race sex political
condition or social station and that
"labor is the highest law of liberty
and of life."
I'lilSONKit GETS STICK.
Become* Fastened in Holt· While
Trying to Escape from Jail.
A negro named Will Gilden was·
j brought here Wednesday from En-
! nis by Constable McOalpin and placed
j in jail on the alleged charges of car-
ί rying a gun and stealing chickens
ι Gilden and another negro named Ετ-
ι nest Harrison were arrested at En-
i nis Tuesday and placed in the city
I prison. That night they attempted to
j make their escape by cutting a hole
ι in the wall. Harrison was successful
; but Gilden got stuck in the hole. He
ι had to call for some one to release
j him.
A YVaxaliachle Musician.
I Five hundred people of this city
braved the fog rain and mud last
night to hear the band concert at
Convention hall. "It was great mag-
nificent splendid—did not think
Chickasha could get together such a
band of musicians" were some of the
expressions overheard on the streets
this morning in regard to the con-
cert. Miss Portia Fearis by her ren-
dition of "N'lta Gitaua" and the
j "Awakening of the Soul" added
much to her reputation as a vocal-
! ist In Chickasha. Miss Fearis was at
her best last night. It was in the
song "Awakening" that her artistic
ability was last displayed.—Chicka-
sha (Okla. ) Journal.
Premiere of "The Knlgma."
New York Feb. 20.—"Thfe Enig-
ma" one of the masterpieces of Paul
Hervieu. the distinguished French
dramatist will receive its premiere
on an English-speaking stage to-
night. Miss Olga Nethersole Alex-
ander Frank and Lizzie Hudson Col-
lier will play the important parts.
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Ownby, W. A. The Waxahachie Daily Light. (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 275, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1908, newspaper, February 20, 1908; Waxahachie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1071786/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .