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i uK WAXAHACHIE DAILY LIGHT. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 18,1929 PAGE THREE AXAHACHIE Roquets Brickbats, Boloney By CASEY AGENT INSPECTS FARM FROM AIR apFXUvii- ii. Jenkins created a laugh at the meeting of the Lions Tuesday. A spelling match was J.gljj About the time Doctor Jenkin? was to try a hard word, ho said: 1 could spell it, all right, hut 1 in sort of tired and want to With this alibi, he a chair.

He later admitted confidentially that he did well to soell his own name. Long years 0t education always mean dial rounding out a good er It really seems to be a gort'of KHt. But, comforting to doctor, within a short time al the re-t of the club had missed words, and a good many had gone down before it came his time. INBVSTUY. What may be something of a curiosity to most Waxaha- ehie folk is the very thing that Joe Thompson considers one of the greatest blessings lie has ever stumbled upon.

Christmas, I weighed 123 pounds and was worried about the way 1 was falling says Mr. Thompson, in a statement that sounds rather like a medical bought a fine goat and began drinking the milk. Today 1 weigh and feel fit and Mr. Thompson declares that many other ailing persons have had similar, or more surprisingly satisfactory. experiences of this sort, a matter of fact, I am contemplating a new industry, that of raising a herd of milch and going into the goat-dairying business as a Mr.

Thompson said that a man at Fort Worth has made a great deal of money from selling goat milk. The ani- tn ils daily produce a galloD each and the feed bill is extremely small. MRS. ALY IS LWD TO 1 KITES ARE CONDUCTED ELLIS CO. TOWN BY REV.

The orrtane, nassed today in; its nttenim to set a new endur- consumed in the anr? Thp ghip I piloted the institution hv Merle Moltrup and Jack three stories, brick wnn stone; trim. A.JSL Prison Company of San BUFFALO, Sept. 1 is furnishing the steel work, tool-1 stinson-Detroiter proof material. Rrownwood brick i liuffa 1 Evening 1 is.to bo 1 eight months attenim to set a new YORK Notice, Klansmen Yes Ope High Low C'ose Conducted by the Rev. W.

H. McKenzie of last rites for the late Mrs. J. V. Aly.

22 of Grand Saline, who died in Waxahachie Sanitarium following a fourteen illness, were i held at the cemetery at Midio' tliian, where burial followed. Wednesday afternoon. A native of Tennessee, Mrs. Alv had been a resident of Texas, since she was two years of age. Only July 14 she went to For-i i reslon for a visit with her par- ents.

Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Ruther-j i ford, living near Forreston, had been in the county since date, having been too ill to return home.

i Aly was a member of the Christian Church at Midlothian. She is survived by her husband, her parents and the follow- York ing brothers and sisters: Melvin Orleans Rutherford of Mercedes, Cecil Rutherford of and Mrs Lucy Perkins of Waxahachie Miss Maggie Rutherford of Forreston UCl. wee. 18.48-18.83-18.84-18.12 len 18.56—18.85—18.8 19. 1 i 18.57—18.92—18.94—19.21 18.41-18.76-18.80-1U.U6 18.42-18.77-18.81-13.U8 NEW Oct.

Jan. Mar. 18.40-1 8.73-18.80-13.Ml Woodmen A fk I l-- decorated cars and auto trucks ark offered $100 IN PREMIUMS. 1 Special meeting Thursday I at 7, on Midlothian road. Good attendance expected.

Members first asked to gather at the local klan hall. Dy Order of Cyclops. the To Enter Mr. and Mrs. John Univ.

V. for ton and sons, Joe Henry and B.4U--J 5. I o.ou ooumni 1 8 40-18 ".0 1 Day, to he observed here Septem- to enter Joe 48.48—18.81—18.88—19.10! ber 25, announcement of the of- the University l)i ten High Low Close ------Local To intensify in mammoth parade Au.il» Wednesday Menrv Singleton in of Texas. Mr. and 18 ifering of $100 in cash prizes be 1 8.30—18.65—18.70-18.95 sides premiums already Mrs.

Singleton and John will return tomorrow. THE ECONOMY TWINS Sa'es Receipts October Yes. Slashed Man Better at Noon Wednesday Wheat, Sept. Wheat, Dei. Corn, Corn, Dec, Oats, Sept.

Oats, Frank Bishop, Jackson Street i barbershop proprietor who was Qen. Motors i stabbed Saturday night, was in an Union Pacific 2.81 condition Wednesday, it, U. S. was reported at noon. Mr.

Bishop rnndUinn was severely cut while at his! JlHl FeW Condition Wednesday in the decorated COtlOU 1 and truck class. Middling I Fifty dollars will be given in Strict Middling 19.00 jeacli of the two divisions, with Liverpool Cotton for the best-decorated car.jg 8 for second best and $10 toi best, with the same arrange- 9.9 5 ment for the trucks. The committee on arrange-, Iraents held an enthusiastic ling at the office of Roy Connally, i Retail Merchants Association retary, Wednesday, with Chairman W. G. McClain ing.

In the course of the Mayor T. O. Cheatham, chairman 'w the parade committee, turned, rrJLjthe parade arrangements over 1 Jelks Castellaw of Ennis, lager of the Ellis County Fair, has had long experience in I no pigeatrtry. Mr. Castellaw accept: eii, announcing that staging a Icfeditahle parade is a difficult and asking full co-operation, which was assured him.

.76 Several thousand persons are Houston alvei-ton .1 18.70 18.30 17.75 8.50 18.5 5 IS.6» 17.7b 18.45 Chicago Grain Yes. 1.30 F.39 1.02 .98 .51 2.81 2.3* barbershop. After bis his brother-in-law, Pink Parks, was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to murder. He was released under bond, aftei waiving preliminary hearing. Is Slowb Improving Undergoes Operation.

Dr. F. R. Adamson, well known The "condition Jim Few, Colemau contractor, who is being cared for at the home of his eti Mr. and Mrs.

A. A. lew, i following a serious accident at is felowly improving, re atives said Wednesday. -Mu. Few I nntir hrnlfP nil expected to gather here from about' six North Texas counties for the Field Day celebration.

Day 1 events will be reeled off town.and in Qetzendaner Memor-i fal l4rk, white the night feature, initiation of '260 candidates, will be held in Trinity University Gymnasium. As soon as the parade line has been completed, the numerous units will be announced. Excavation Is Started physician, underwent an op- was hurt when a saw broke and ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft eration at 10 Wednesday morning at the Waxahachie Sanitarium, for gall stone trouble. Dr. Tenery and Dr.

Flynn of Dal- For New Ellis Jailjft When Ed Roberts, of Lawton, county agent of Comanche was Few Is con- county, wants to take a look at his territory he climbs into an air- were the surgeons. Dr. WL B. 1 sclous most of the plane and inspects land that it would take hint 10 dap. J.

cover on Ulan d.rahl. INDUSTRIAL. Ten or fifteen years from now, these hills will be covered with cows and This was the statement of County Agricultural Agent W. M. Love while motoring out into the Mountain Peak and Midlothian regions Tuesday afternoon, taking there, the brakeman of this column and: J.

M. Webb, who gathering special articles on dairying thp, Daily ing that industry that will be published early in October. May Mr. Love's prediction be borne out. And may this paper have some part in helping it to come true.

foot. He wants to take all the farmers in his territory up in planes so they can see the benefits of terracing their lands. Above, an aerial view of terraced land in Comanche county, taken by Roberts, and, below, he is shown entering the I Waxahachie last night, and was his father during the operation. Relatives of Dr. Adamson that at noon he was along well.

a fragment struck the side of his Excavation ror tne basement head. The paralysis he i foundation 0f the new Ellis iw on the right side is some County Jail, to be built on the it was stated. Mr. FewrTjs jackson-Franklin Streets lot, started Tuesday afternoon ana if favorable weather prevails, srood progress is expected to bo made on the structure. Cal Ramsey has the contract for erecting the building.

The Southern hope over the improvement that is being shown. Mr. Few was treated in a Coleman hospital Until he had sufficiently recovered Uo be brought here. ft ft ft Our Corner Mr. Moody has appointed Mr.

J. H. Walker to fill the unexpired term of Land Commissioner made vacant by the death of Mr Robinson. As chief clerk Mr. Walker received a salary of $3.300 a year, as Commissioner he will receive $2,500.

There must be a bug under the chip somewhere. Will someone sit down and figure it out. Mr. Walker must be as crazy as Becky Rogers or else there must be something the for Commissioners besides the salary. Many people like to plant onion sets this month, so we have ordered a small stock of Crystal White Wax sets.

This onion is bv far the best and sweetest of all onions, but the setv cannot be kept through the winter so must be planted in the fall. The latter part of September is the best time. This gives you green onions for the tab during the winter and early onions in the spring. We often have calls for something to hang clothes in the closet. For this purpose we have stocked an ad- lustabLe garment hanger fixture for any size closet from to 60 inches wide.

It can he put up or taken down instantly without nails or screws and is durably constructed ot steel tubing. Tube ends will hold moth balls, crystals Or any other insect exterminator. In our stock of Ironton gas heaters lately received we find several new models and designs. The prices or most of the older patterns are reduced but not at tne expense of quality. The new Radiants far outdess anything in the past and at prices that are astonishingly low.

We have several different types of circulating heaters which are growing in popularity everywhere. As these are new and untried we shall he glad to sell them conditionally or on two trial. WAXAHACHIE HARDWARE CO. ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ftfti 2 Newspapers May Match Two Couples Through News Items ARRI AGES may be GET THE PUP. one a Waxahachie man tells on his wife.

little son made ir I the Waxahachie Light asking that u5S papers of the nation Iwe bride-to-be might be either a part in eventually gett tjwidow or single, but stipulated parties together. This is tndicdt between 30 and ed in a series of events tak ng tlmlt sne 1 mu place in Texas recently, and if the yeai. local newspaper and a Daiiag pa- wrote you several days ago per continue to deliver the same. ---------on his wife. nttie son i mav foe voir he says.

ex.hl.ent serv ce there mjy IS a --------wife says she is so anxious for him to become old enough to possess a dog for a playmate. But the secret is, she is about dogs herself, and the first word she taught the youngster to say was the same story; as that of the dad who said, bad as he hated to, he had to go take the kids to the and sent you an ad lo run in youi It was a matrimonial ad a wife. I know there two happy couples instead of one paper It It all started when a Daliatl asking SQ please widower with one child wrot in the 1 paper a story saying there wet some replies. Send me your bfill for printing and I will remit for A Marburg 1 street address in Dallas was giv- OAK BRANCH. en.

THE INTERESTING. Rack from the West Coast, Moreland Herring has many intriguing tales to tell. But he was narrowed down to a couple of points, by this don't let him know one of them was published. interested you he was asked. Right snappily he answered.

most interesting person I saw was Olive Borden, a cute little creature with big brown eyes that I saw while I was working as an extra in a picture; and the most interesting landscape I saw was, of course, the Grand To learn from a tourist what impressed him most is a rather absorbing pastime, and informative, too. Think, by the way, of your The Dallas local corres- pondent, after writing a local We are still having plenty of angle story, also sent one to the rain Everybody wanting to paper which was printed sunshine now and get to work. and elicited two replies, one from We had a good crowd at our, a pai is widow who asked that School Sunday and a good her letter be sent on. A few days Sundav school. later a Gainesville woman en- Nora Burnett spent the a letter for the man as italv with her moth-1 ing the newspaper to send week-end in I Tuegday local newspapermen er, Mrs.

Thompson. received the third missive from a Mr. and Mrs Mollie Embry 0 I onjan I(. was a sealed letter and was Waco took Sunday the outer envelope was a 'her sister, Mrs. T.

BS. Goodwin. with the seCond story. On Mr. and Mrs.

Lewis Odom are I margin was written in a the proud parents of a fine girl. splendid hand in Pen and ink: born September 15 Mrs J. T. Buckner spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. Fannie Bearden, who is sick.

Everybody remember next Saturday they are going to have quarterly conference at Oak) vwvr. 111II IV UJ IHC (jUdllCUJ most interesting experience. Branch. Everybody come a 1 KneL'ofc good entertainment. bring well-filled baskets.

Direct Plays of Little Theater Lela Joyce McNair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. McNair, has Youth Jailed After Burglary of Local Home Following the burglary of the home of Mrs.

Hattie Young on C. McNair, has Jacks0n street, a Waxahachie boy been secured as director for the was iodged in jail in a juvenile ys to be presented this season cagp TUesday afternoon. The home by the 'Little Theater, it was an bounced this morning by Leonard Keplinger, business manager. Miss McNair was the successful director of several of last year of brings of the Little Theater, and her direction of and will be remembered by all who n1av9 Miss McNair has had a considerable experience with Little Theater plays, having taken part in several productions of the Dallas Little Theater under Oliver Hinsdell. She has also conducted several classes in expression in Dallas in past years, the latest effort being in conjunction with young work at Temple Rmmanuel in Dallas.

Local officers of the Little Theater believe that a very cessful year is assured under Miss direction. Announcement of the first play to be by the organization will be in just a few days, after which the oust will be selected and woiw begun. was entered after a door lock had been broken. A pistol holster and shells were stolen. Beauty Shop to Be Located on Kautman Please forward enclosed letter to the widower mentioned in this This was postmarked at Atlanta, Tex.

But these three replies from women are not all that Dan Cupid of the Waxahachie Daily Light has to contend with. Yesterday he got another letter from a man one who believes there is a good omen in Friday the 13th. His note says: a lonely widower who believes Friday the 13th is my lucky day, have been studying all day what I could do I ran across a little sketch regarding a widow from Gainesville and how she wished to get in touch some widower in Dallas who apparently wanted to insert an ad in the paper. This short piece in the Dallas paper did not disclose much particulars but 1 just want to say I wish she had my address or I had or any others who are widows and lonely. The home I now have and where I live one mile from Dallas on my little four-acre tract and run a filling station was purchased with money made by me in a little business in Dallas; This business was started on Friday the 13th, subrented part of the building on the 13th, bought out his business the 13th so on this 13th I am answering to see if I Great Automatic Reduction Sale Half of this stock has been sold.

Now for the Other half, and we mean maybe when we say we are going to sell it. So as to sell it last and furious we will close it out automatical and this is the way it Your Choice of Any Piano, Phonograph or Radio Thurs. And then every day every article will be reduced from $1.00 to $5.00. But wait too long for first choice will go to first chooser. Just think $500.00 and $600.00 Pianos going for any old price they will bring.

Also Radios, Phonographs, Sewing Machines and Loud Speakers all go in this great Automatic Reduction Sale. So come today and tomorrow and every day this great sale lasts. Remember every article is reduced from $1.00 to $5.00 every day. B. B.

Green announces that the Permament Wave Shop is being reopened, at their residence, 109 Kaufman Street. The shop of Mr. and Mrs. Green recently was destroyed in the fire thai T'Z SittSr Imatch she knight confer this." home on Kaufman. their I match she might consider this.

A Dallas box and rural route are iven In the light of all this pinch hitting for Cupid the reporter believes Friday the 13th Pas already gotten in its jinx work. Now if he were only a jus- 7 tice of the peace and could raar- to go into session here next Mon couples he matches and Ton. J. Ball, the preying the fee. he would everything would be okay All Records 5c each District Court Will Be Held Here Monday Civil District Court is scheduled session here next Mon coUpies ne man-ucc- J.

Ball, the 1 thus pocket the fee, he would judge, is on the bench in Dana. would be okay, County. Salvage Stock of Walter Music Company Ira A. Watson Selling Agents In Same Building With Texas Pawer Light Co. Player Rolls 10c each.

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