Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 240, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1916 Page: 4 of 6
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THU CHRIWTH %** lt%TH
May bn—will bo- a Holiday d'llght
If wa har# had the furnishing of
your bathroom. Wh-r* Santa Claim
pree d-a and wo provide and practice
apon our Iona-tried skill the re-
aatlaot la bath room comfort. clean
ILnoos aad Imury to the last degree
Tin* yet If you get your order In
ff—btH1-
F. 8. Cronk Co.
NAOBIIIIT* PWMBKIW AMI
OM nTTKKM
Naim to MtU (Mn. Ptw Mag Wate*
ami flaa Ijplbrnnw All Kinds of
•“■"ftb art booatera for the Ellla
Oauaty Baal tartan.
TIE. MILT LIGHT
tMMIabAl Dally Except ''ao<U>
By The
DRINK nUISIIH CO
tilt-1 V CAPITAL XTlH M •*«.«**»
OKP1CKKH
c. W. Slapeon.President
$. W. Kent_W'P. and Treasurer I
l o»nhy.Seerctai
UlMKtTOUM
* Atapeon J. Lee Penu T. A
§AA. M. Browning. C. W. Kern
v A Qwnby. la* P. Qualle. _
V a Ownby....I dltot
? A. Tanaell.Lit* ld)to»
W. Kent... . .. .Bnetneee Ma age.
Itateredat the Waxahaehie >’oei
ifie* ea Mall Matter el the 8* <*on«J
daily wnwciurnoii hatkh
iw Month by Carrier........
Da Month# by Cartier.**
Year In Advance.**
Year. In A4v. Oet of City M ' J
Y nl lMHTUPTlOh RAT >
• in Advance."
__ the. la Advance.
to# Month# In Advance.
SIX PAOKS.
Watkins l> nplendld exercine but
that to not Ike main reaeon why we
take It afoot
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Tko man who keep* up the habit
Of breaking btlla will very noon find
ktmaolf broke.
. ♦ ■ a «. •
We kave noticed that the notec of
Piwaldent Wltaon pane at their face
value In nil parts of the world.
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Batter practice writing It 1917 for
• day or two before hand so that
yon will not be so apt to get it wrong.
Confrens may keep on until It gets
•a Income tax bill that will reach
•a. bat when It does it will be going
some.
-4-
Wo were tempted during the hol-
idays to buy a Viet rule but we w ere
afraid we would never learn howr to
- play the tblng.
...A___
You should look oftener at the
sign boards along the road to see
whether or not you are headed for
tho light place.
-4-
Ws expect to have plenty of call-
ers on tho first day of Jauuary w ith-
out giving any public notice that we
ore going to receive.
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The more we look at the picture*
on the outside of a moving picture
•how the lee* inclined we are to
mahe an Inside investigation.
-4-
It nobody except those without
sin ere allowed to cast the first stone
there will not be much rock-dodging
in thle or any other vicinity.
-4-
The Terrell election law should
ho so amended as to give the- voter a
chance to say what he want* when
he casts his ballot.
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No peace has not yet beoi. do-
etared but your Uncle Woodrow
started a movement which it is go-
is« to be hard to down.
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The congeetion down at the post-
office has at last been relieved but
t'orlc Joe and hia boys have hud u
time In brtngiug it about.
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In framing your resolutions for
the first day of January be sure to
Include one that you will stay with
your tows during the year 1917.
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Senator McNeaius wants a new
constitution. If the crowd
that has been running things in
Tbxaa for tbe past few years la to
r» it we prefer to take our
ce« under the pieeent instru-
ment.
CirKMUffllT ATI* nrtTOV
What baa become of the eoormou*
cotton crop of l»l« la still a mystery
to many In the trade. It mitht add
Mill more to the mystery to note that
in the paat fire years the I’nitcd
ftintea Ui produced approximately
71.<M*0.h<M> bale* of which only
GOO.tiOo were in the domestic supply
at the beginning of the new crop
year. Ciotb and thread have not
consumed so much and therefor# the
mystery deepen*.
The answer to the puule Is to be
found In the fret that cotton la con-
stantly adapting Itself to new and
varied uses. Tha fiction writer
might picture Industry summoning
one of her moat efficient handmaid-
ens—•Chemistry—and committing
cotton to her hand* with tho In-
junction to make It more useful to
mankind.
Soon Chemistry returns to her mis-
tress with soluble cotton and ex- j
plains Its possibilities. Scarcity «n>l
high prices of leather cell for a sub-
stitute. Fabrikoid. a cotton product.
Is the result. Sixty per cent of the
automobile* are now upholstered
with this material Tbo car builders
tboa manufacturers bookbinders
and the makers of bnts ceps trunks
traveling case# and furniture uphol-
sterers draw largely on thia material.
Again Chemistry whispers to In-
dustry. She coat* leather with the
material making it glossy and call-
ing it "patent leather." With It al-
so she makes bronzing liquid and
lacquer* for wood and metal ce-
ments enamels of any color for
!-oatl|ig wood or metal bath tubs and
such. After making a gas mantel
dip she also make* of it a sort of
cement which surgeons use to close
cuts and wounds.
Then comes another product—
pyralin. This la the material from
which toilet articles and novelties
are made. As ivory tortoise shell
pearl bronze and horn It is made
Into hundreds of useful articles even
lo umbrella handles spectacle rims
and frames picture frame* bath
room fittings and articles for desk
and household use.
That flexible window in the cur-
ain# of your automobile i« not glass
but cotton. It is merely one form of
pyralin. How rapid we say has
been the growth of thp moving pic-
ture business! Ye^ but it depends
upon cotton for the films like the
auto window are made of pyralin
which lends Itself to manufactures
ranging from toys to scientific in-
struments.
The demand for soluble cotton and
pyralin is to great that the manufac-
turer* chief among whom is the Du
Pont company cannot keep up with
It. It is In this new Held that one
will find a solution of the pn§zle a»
to what has become of the big crops
of colton. Add to all this the big
guns and torpedoes firing away a
five hundred pound bale at a time
and cease to wonder or wonder for
a new reason.—Wall Street Journal.
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It Is now claimed that a fine ar-
ticle of alcohol can be made from
sawdust. Lots of fellows will now
be wanting to trade for a sawmill.
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So far as we have noticed the
compliments of the season were not
passed between Charles Kvans
Hughes of New York aud Hiram
Johnson of California.
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Some follow is certain to bob u;>j
in the legislature with an amend-
ment to do away with the home-
stead law. Lot the other members
be prepared to sit down on him with
a dull thud. r
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We hnve heard a great deal in
Texas about tho had treatment of
railroads aud still their net earn-
ings for the past year have been
greater thau ever before in their his-
tory.
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In selecting a man for speaker of
the lower branch of the legislature
It is highly nocessary to find a man
who is able to keep his mouth shut
and gavel busy.
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DALLAS IS PLANNING
MUNICIPAL MARKET
DALLAS Texas. Dec. 2!*.—Solu-
tion of the high cost of living prob-
lem by the establishment of a mar-
ket where consumers may purchase
directly from producers thus elimi-
nating the middleman's profit. Is
planned by Mrs. T. P. Mai shall A.
iv M. field worker here.
She will establish the public mar-
ket at the county women’s rest-room.
Immediate::- after the holiday sea-
son. Organization of the county fed-
eration of women's clubs to encour-
age the country woman to bring
products to the market is a part of
the scheme.
Priming to satisfy the most ex-
acting. Tucker the printer. Job
printing “That's All.*’—(Adv.)
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Want ads are good imesmeat*.
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I DR. H.g ( AfffC%J^vC|LRV^ C COfiO AS. pg. J ^yrf> ^_vs ".j
The notable commission of scien-
tists headed |y Major General Gor-
ges whech was sent to South and
Central America by the Rockefeller
Foundation some months ago to
study tropical diseases has just re
turned. The iC.-. i t will 'iui . sen
for publication except iu the form of
a report to the foundation. Bokk.;
Dr. Gorgaa thete wire Dr. William
R. Wrtghtson Dr. C. C. Lys'.or Dr.
E. R. Wbituiore Dr. II. K. Carter
and Dr. Cuiterae.
PEACE IS BIG |
THEM YEAR
GREATEST PROBLEM MOW BE-
FORE MATIOM 18 ENDING
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
TO PUTJI6 PART
AU Indication* Are That This Gov-
ernment 1* to Have I.uikc Part
in Peace Notation*—The
Mexican Problem.
By Carl I). Groat.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON' Dec. 2D.—Peace
promises to be the transcendent
theme of the state department the
coming year in sharp contrast to
tho almost warful moments of some
months last year.
Intermittent peace talk took defi-
nite form in the last weeks of De-
cember after Germany had pro-
posed peace to the allies. From now
on it will be the enormous subject
bciore the state department in view
of the fact Mint* this government
seems destined to play a big part in
whatever peace negotiations are un-
det taken.
** Ytt while peace talk passes back j
aid forth between the chancellories'
of Kuropo and in the granite halls
and mr.taogatiled chambers of tbs
American state department other In-!
ternational matters of grave Imttor-1
tauce must be settled. These ques-
tions serious at times almost to the
point of ruptured relations are di-!
re;t heirlooms of tho war affect:
America as a neutral and are des-
tiued ttj have their standing when:
international law is rewritten after
the war.
In addition to possible compuea-:
tUms with Mexico the main issue*
of the Just year still are pregnant
with difficulties which American di-'
j
plontacy is seeking to smooth out j
at tho same time protecting adequate-
ly and honorably tue rights of Am-
erica and Americans.
These issues are:
Submarine problems between Ger- j
many and the United States.
German deportations of Belgians.
English interference with mails.
English blacklisting of American
firms with German interests.
Kngish embargoes affecting Am-
erica.
Germany's submarine warfare
eann to a bead insofar as the Uni-
ted States is concerned when this
government last March gained a
statement that Germany had affect-
ed a change ia her submarine nieth-
| ods and pledged to continue on a
milder course.
The Lusitania case hung fire
! though Germany’s terms of settle-
i meat were virtually satisfactory in-
asmuch as this government did not
desire to finally close the matter
while other submatiue matters were
pending.
For a umc. Germany scented to be
scrupulously following her promisee.
In tho last four months however
there has been a feeding that sne was
going aa far as she could without
provoking new troubles with the
United States. In these circum-
stances the state department inves-
tigated during the closing days of
the year a series of sinkings notably
tho Marina Arabia. Chemung and a
dozen others. Evidence indicated
Germany was over-stepping at least
the spirit of her pledges and the
United States proceeded to plan for
her next step.
"Crisis” have been numerous.
The state department however in
accordance with administration prin-
ciples has sought to settle matters
thru diplomacy rather than thru
a break in relations. Indeed this
government did threaten to break af-
ter the Sussex torpedoing if Ger-
many broke her pledges but since
then the spirit has been to bring
Gemamy up short g:yn a sharp air
tight definition of her pledges and
then insist upon adherence to them.
Prospects for peace though still
undoubtedly some months distant
will probably affect future dealings
with Germany and even more
strougly iufiuen.ee the administration
idea of avoiding a break with Ger-
many.
Germany's deportation of Belgians
provoked a protest from this govcw
ment but her answer gave but little
satisfaction. The administration
P'ans to watch this situation closely.
German transgressions have in-
volved American lives. In these cir-
ccm baiters the g- temp view has
Leon that the cases required quick
strong protest.
On the of! ■ hau l Kgland's of-
fense? have i:i. :ived American rights
not lives. These have been the m.b-
Jcct of objections and nenutiatioi a.
but differences two st u extant ever
England’s t;i» urn •• of Ame’ h m
mails her Ld.'.i . t. ami her < .v• r-
goes. The state department w'.U con-
tinue negotiating and ptoter. g
against infringements of G. 'if. rig
by England though none of t • ie
cases the department li ids. . • a
such seriousness uv to < 11 for a
threat of a <> t . It i re
Mexico has been v ' u:
diplomacy the pas' y> r.
Conditions beano tu<!: t Am-
erican troops were i nt ' to dc
and militia to the horde; 1 io
Villa’s raid on Columbus. T ■ a <
department found many tntri;
problem*! with Carranza.' Finally it
brought him up short with a recital
of outrages against Americans and
their property and a definite demand
to know what he waft going to do
hereafter.
The Americans aim in Mexico i •
rehabilitation ami peace without
arms. But the problem before the
Mexican-American commission is still
grave and enormous. Villa again
is making trouble though Carranza
in recent months has shown a dis-
position and some ability to alter
dreadful conditions.
But with all the problems that
have spelt trouble the idea of peace
the world over has been a paramount
[ hope—and more lately a pregnant
possibility.
SOFTS 1ST III fill TO
i SEIMS* LOST FLAG
KMItUM 1SKD IN HBCKLIK*
l*HK»IIHC\r IMS NUT UFKN
KETI KM.D TO OHXKR8.
WASHINGTON. Dec 29—Who
got the button Ann's age. and who
hit Billy Patterson probably will all
be solved before the National Con*
*;n sionel In ion for Woman Suf-
frage find i out who got the banner
they twin g before President Wilson
i from the house gallery. Also the
j ation of where it Is now.
| Press Agent Henry c.wlnehari
who engineered th* affair tba*
started the joint congressional autli-
j an « on ths. otl > -<> pm ;;l dsv.
; admitted today that the union has
I about given up hope of getting back
| its banner.
k Th<? da>' *ft«r lts appearance m
ill' house those who thing* it to the
| legislative Areexe only to hnvo it
unceremoniously jerked to earth
went to the sargernt-nt-arimt" offs *
to get it back. They failed to do k
The next heard of the now historic
emblem v.as ;>t the Gridiron dinner
sev-ral Saturday nights back when
ti. Gridir - a '• ir 1 i .<
of the Incident while the president
wa addressing them. The same ban-
ncr vaa urn d in "the burlesque.
can ; i .s i 'iti gave congres-
"i u or ; ial- hope. They
. h ■ 1 i ■-o Gridiron club
r they kr - and some they
' t pleaded they wanted
'Mr to . e as a back-
1 \ i ' ey wa e photograph-
'd ir a* a home upon the oc-
■ dedicating it. They did
not £0t it.
CAPACITY OF REFINERY TO
HE iXH ttLKO THIS YEAR
—
F;)UT WORTH Texas I>ec. 29.— j
We Tell You
the Price
Just received new fresh stock of Celluloid
for atdo curtains. We can now sew’ in back
certain lights. Ford cars $1.50; other cars in
proportion.
One-man tops for Fords or light cars made
i order in our own shop. Rubber $20.00
.v;ohair $25.00.
Fords recover top—Rubber $12.50 Mohair
. 5.00. Work all done on power machines.
A visit to our shop will convince “U” we
a e tiie leading repair shop of Ellis county.
rds epainud $12.50. Auto painting of the
best.
r/axahachie 0arage& Repair Co
Opposite I*ost Office
OrJcinal Conductors of Auto Work
The capacity of the Fori Worth re-
finery of the Pierce-Fordyce Oil as-
sociation will bo doubled by tbe con-
struction of ft new pipe line costing
a million and a quarter dollars from
the Healdton field in Oklahoma to
this city.
Plans for the building of the pipe
line are under way. and work will
commence immediately. It will be
eight inch pipe and will increase the
present capacity of 8000 barrels to
20000 barrels of crude oil per day.
An extension to the Texas City
plant is also included in the project.
Officials of the company predict
an advance in gasoline prices in the
near future on account of the dimin-
ishing in the supply of crude oil.
Moved down-stairs. Come see
Tucker the p-inter. Job printing
"That’s All.” Phone 148.— (Adv.)
Don’t worry over trying to find a
buyer for wha ever you may have for
sale. Let the Daily Light want col-
umn da the v ork for you. tf
Phone 148 for Tucker the print-
er. Estimate < cheerfully given.—
(Adv.) tf
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Ownby, W. A. Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 240, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1916, newspaper, December 29, 1916; Waxahachie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1075754/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .