The Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-Current
August 6, 1908

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I Ht WAXAHACHH VOLUME XVI. WAXAHACHTE, TKXAS, TIH IïSnAV. Daily light ELLIS CQUNTIAN j SEESJ SPOOK Man Whose Wile Died Recently Haunted by a Red Light. citizens m m it Lead Has No Effect on the Spectral Form, Which Continues to Make Nightly Visits—A Strange Affair It Is. Ennis, Texas, Aug. 6.—A great ■deal of excitement has been created at Pluto, in the western part of El lis county, by the remarkable mant testation of a will-o'-the-wisp, ghost V -or some other kind of hallucination that has been appearing nightly since May 20. The wife of Melvin Davidson died recently and the strange light has been making its appearance ever since, having miss ed only five nights during that time, it Is said. The light appears small and very red at first and then grows as large as a large lamp flame, lighting up the barn yard, where it frequently appears, and shines through the windows of Mr. Davidson's house. I He left home and went to his I •daughter's to live and the flame was j noon seen there on top of the house. Mr. Davidson is one of the substan tial citizens of the Pluto communi ty and he is very much alarmed at the apparition. A large number of responsible •citizens claim to have seen the light. It Is said to glide about as myster-1 iously as a ghost, seemingly accom- J panled by a man's form. Some have shot at it but nothing has ever been hit, and it continues to make night ly visits. It is remarkably myster ious. OFFICER AND REPORTER Made Sick by Drinking Bottled So da Water—Officer Goes to Bed. As a result of drinking bottled soda water which evidently contain ed ptomaine poison, Deputy Sheriff Rush Hickman and a reporter for this paper were made sick Wednes day afternoon. Officer Hickman was deathly sick for several hours and was forced to go to bed. He was able to oome to the sheriff's office Thurs day afternoon, but he was not in much condition for work. The officer drank the entire contents of a bottle of soda pop, but the reporter got away with only about a half bottle which probably accounts for the fact that he was only slightly ill for a few hours Wednesday night. Deputy Sheriff Hickman drove ten or twelve miles into the country Wednesday afternoon to summon*» a witness for the county court. He was accompanied by the reporter who wanted to take a look at the ootton fields along the road. On the way home they stopped at a store to get something cold to drink. Soda pop was the only thing that could be obtained and it was this that pro duced the illness of the two. They reached the city about 6 o'clock and drove directly to Mr. Hickman's home, where he went to bed and for several hours his suffering was intense. Corn Belt F.'dltors. Sioux City, la., Aug. 6.—. ewspa per men from all over this section are in attendance at the annual meeting of the Corn Belt Editorial Association, opened In Sioux City today. A banquet will bring the meeting to a close tomorrow night. COUNT ZEPPELIN SHIP EXPLODES With Victory in Easy Reach a Thunderstorm Causes Wreck oi the Big Machine. MASS OF TWISTED METAL The Accident Brings Festivities at Friedrichshaien to Sorrowful Cli max—Airship Torn Irom Its Moorings by Storm. Echterdingen, Aug. 6.—A drama tic end came yesterday to Count Zeppelin's long-awaited endurance flight in his dirigible balloon, and last night the proud airship which Tuesday was cutting rapidly through the air and outdistancing pursuing automobiles, lies in an open field near here a mass of twisted, uselss metal. A chapter of accidents occas ioned by bad moods of nature and the failure of mechanical appliances combined was responsible for the untimely end of the balloon, the flights of which have held the at tention of the world and for the blasting of the ambition of its in ventor, Count Zeppelin. The count, almost heart-broken and unable longer to endure the sight of his shattered craft, has left by train for Freidrichshafen. The airship had left Naclr.enheim, the scene of its first mishap, and overnight had visited Mayence and begun on the homeward journey, when misfortune overtook it. Soon [after its departure it was found that I the front motor was working badly i owing to the fusing of motal in the i groove in which the piston rod ran. This was caused by friction. Conse quently Count Zeppelin was com pelled to rely on one motor on the I rear platform, throughout the night, j which considerably reduced his j speed. During the Light, toe, he i iiiaue an ïsceui υι iieany β,ννυ »οι( losing a considerable quantity of I gas. This deprived the balloon of j some of its buoyancy. Over Echerdingen Count Zeppelin I decided to land. Although this was i the first time that such a maneuver had been attempted with a rigid bal loon, the landing was effected easily and smoothly, only one of the steel wire stays being broken. The engin eers at once set about making re pairs to the balloon, which rode at anchor in the center of a large force of military which had been called out to keep the crowd away. Count Zeppelin telegraphed to Frledrich shafen for more gas cylinders, and then went to a neighboring Inn for lunch. He was away something over two hours, and was destined to see only the wreck of his airship when he returned. The local railway companies ran special cars to convey the curious sightseers to the spot, while pedes trians, automobiles and wagons loaded with peasants also flocked to the vicinity. It Is estimated the crowd around the monarch of the air numbered nearly 40,000 persons. At 2:30 o'clock a wind suddenly sprang up and some of the weather wise bystanders called the attention of the officers to the fact that a storm was brewnig and advised them to secure the balloon. Their warnings were unheeded. The balloon swayed to and fro, sometimes rising a few feet from the ground. At 2:68 o'clock a formid able gust of wind struck the airship broadside. At first the craft keeled over and then her bows rose In the air, carrying with them a number of soldiers who were holding ropes. Af ter poising for a moment at a height of fifty feet the ship returned to earth even more suddenly than it arose, and came crashing to the ground. With a thunderous report the forward motor exploded. From the bows of the balloon shot forth a vivid flame, while from the rear es caped thick clouds of blacik smoke, which caused the entire structure to disappear from the view of the thousands of spectators. When the air cleared the ship was seemingly lying in an open field on a high plat eau with only the ragged, tangled strip* of aluminum evelopa still (remaining The metal stajs and bands and portions of the motors were strewn about in pieces like old iron and blackened with smoke and scorched. Textt- I Ver Cause Trouble. Austin, Texas. Auk. 6·—It is fine to be a deer in Texas. Not only are j such animals protected from slaugh- I ter by a state law, but they are free to do as they please. State officials j have received many complaints of late, from county officials west of here, alleging that the deer are de stroying the crops in some sections and that in two or three Instances the animals have attacked and maimed Irate farmers. State officials say that under ihe law there is no redress and that the deer will have to be allowed to follow their own In clinations. To Keform Judiciary. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 6.—In an effort to take the county judiciary out of the hands of the political bos ses. the Los Angeles Bar Association has been holding an election for the endorsement of candidates for judge of the superior bench. The ballots will be opened and counted today and the result announced. ΜΑΚΙΚε PLIkNSFQR BUSY SEASON Gins aijd Oil Mills Being Shaped Up lor a Long Run. Although things appear to be a little quiet just now in the city con siderable work is being done at the gins and oil mills getting them in readiness for a long and busy sea son, and it will not be long until hundreds of men will be keeping time to the rhythmic whirr of the machinery. Ail the gins and mills) have been completely overhauled and thoroughly cleaned and in some instances substantial improvements have been made. It is understood that the round bale gin will be operated again this season and will be under the man agement of Bass Williams. Cotton buyers who have been spending' the summer In different sections of the country have return ed and are getting their offices in shape for the season. Waxahachie will be well prepared to take care of all the staple that comes this way and estimates in advance place the receipts for the coming season at more than double of last year. The indications just now are very encouraging for another rec ord breaking crop. Unless some ca lamity befalls the crop within the next two weeks the county's pro duction will be in the neighborhood of that of 1906, when more than 158,000 bales were ginned. Com plaints of boll worms have come In from some sections of the county, but no serious damage from these pests h£8 been reported. Cotton planted early iti the spring is now too far far advanced to be injured very extensively by the worms. A great deal of the cotton north of Waxahachie is late, but the plai^ has attained a good growth and is fruiting heavily. If not seriously af fcc>ed by the worms this planting will make a fairly good yield. NEGRO LYNCHED ANOTHER KILLED Hurther Disorders oi a Serious Nature as Result ol Min ers Strike. IEPUTIES ARE KIDNAPPED Γwo Oificers Are Captured by the Strikers arid Tied to Trees. 1 he Regiment Is to Be Called Out. Birmingham, Ala.. Aug. 6.—Yes- erday was by far the most, turbu ent. of the coal miners' strike. The ynchlng of a negro. Will Williams, ι union miner, charged with dyna miting at Brighton early yesterday morning, was followed last night by the arrest of two deputy sheriffs, Lon Tyler and Bruce Tyler, charged with killing the negro. Strong feeling over the strike, followed by a quarrel, led to the killing yesterday morning of Albert Fletcher, a negro, at. Newcastle, by Nonstable Ellard. Two deputy sheriffs were kidnap ed by strikers at Jett mines and tied ο trees. Another house was dyna mited at Wylam. the shock being so severe as to throw the inmates out of bed. Sheriff Higdon, after a conference with Gov. Comer, yesterday issued orders that no assemblies of men are to be allowed near the mines; that marching groups are not to be allowed to go along the highways from mine to mine; that all meet-| ings will be attended by deputies and incendiary speakers will be ar rested and that the discharge of firearms will not be permitted. Gov. Comer will probably place the entire First Alabama Regiment in the district before the end of the week. W. F. Carley, leader of the miners, issued a statement in which he arraigns the governor, charging him with being in sympathy with the mine owners and doing all in his power to injure the miners' cause. Coroner Parish spent the day at Brighton investigating the lynching of the negro Williams at Brighton Tuesday night, and it is understood that the lynching was done by not more than five men. It is said that other deputies will be implicated in the crime. Brighton citizens regard the lynching as especially lament able, because the man hanged is not believed to have had anything to do with the dynamiting of which he was charged. SENSATIONAL ADVANCE OF WHEAT Prices in Chicago and New York are Boosted More than 3 Cents. Chicago, Aug. 6.—Wheat traders, influenced largely by dry, hot weather, bid up prices ou that cer eal in sensational fashion yesterday. At the high level prices of all op tions were more than 3 cents above the closing prices of Tuesday and at the close quotations were but a slight fraction below this level. The most notable advance was made In the December delivery, which at one time was 3 3-8 cents over Tuesday's final figures. May wheat closed at 1.03 1-8. Moving Pictures in Campaign Okmulgee, Okla., Aug. 6.—Wil liam J. Bryan's "canned" speeches have been outdone by E. P. Stan ford. candidate for republican nom ination for congress in the third dis trict, who has utilized the moving picture machine as a producer of campaign enthusiasm. Stanford gives free shows in halls and school houses and follows with a political speech. Diaz May Come. City of Mexico, Aug. 6.—A party of several hundred prominent Mex icans will leave for an extended ex cursion to the United States next month, visiting the Home Manufac turers' Exposition in New Orleans, and it is possible that President Diaz may head the party. The president has promised to go If possible. CASH I Ν SALE Prices on Men's Low Shoes 2 50 Oxfords 1.75 3 00 Oxfords... 1.95 3.50 Oxford s 2.75 4 00 Oxfords 3.25 5.00 Oxfords 3.85 ΓΗΕ ITALIAN IS IN CUSTODY Peter Cossu was Arrested Wednesday Morning by Police. Dallas, Texas, Aug. 6.—An affi lavit charging assault to murder vas filed yesterday morning In the >ffice of County Attorney Dwight L. [jewelling against Peter Cossu by toe Abnot, the young man who was ii company with Miss Amanda Pet erson on the evening of July 27 vhen both she and himself were as saulted by an Italian with an ice pick. The arrest of Cossu was made ibout 2 o'clock Wednesday morn ing at his residence, 19 6 Canton street, by Police Captain George Kimicke and Mounted Officers Ryan and Riddle. Coesu's house has been watched closely since the night of the stabbing of Miss Peterson and Abnot at the intersection of Ervay and Young streets. Wednesday night shortly before 2 o'clock a woman re siding near the Cossu place tele phoned police headquarters that he was trying to get into his house, but that the inmates were afraid to let hint in. Captain Kimicke, In company with Officers Ryan and Riddle, Jumped into a hack and were driven as rapidly as possible to the Cossu house, which is at. the corner of Ma rion and Canton streets. Alighting from the vehicle the officers went Into the yard and C'ossu was taken completely by surprise, as he was walking from the back yard of his l>lace to the front. He made no re sistance whatever, and was taken to the city jail. He asked permission to give his wife some money and this was granted. Cossu informed the officers that he had been around the city since his disappearance on the night of the 27th of July. He had shaved off his moustache, which slightly changed his appear ance. Let us figure with you on your supply of wood for winter. We can please you in quality, quantity and price. Waxahachie Grain Co. tf For a Few Days we will accept orders for October Delivery Fancy Lump Best Grade of McAiester Coal $7.50 per ton Phone us vour order. Pay for Coal when de livered WAXAHACHIE Ice Works Blackberry Juice is one of the most quenching drinks to be obtained. If you are dry and thirsty visit our fountain, we can soon cool you as well as quench your thirst t ONLY THE BEST J. Breakfast Cereals

Z We have almost any kind of Breakfast Food you could think of wanting. If you want Oats that are X free from weevils and bugs order Blue Seal or Quaker, X the kinds that are put up in tins. I R.oy Connally 6 Co., I Why Not Be Our Customer? Our stock is complete and as food as the best. Our services are un equaled. Our prices are right. Our specialties are nice Melons, Fine Fruits, Eggs, Chickens and Butter. >i E.. C. LUMLEY, Both Phones 31 Opposite P. O. Ρfûcrûiié Antiseptic and νΓ"νΛ"Ι11 Disinfectant You can not find a better Disinfectant than Crescent. Just the thing to use while sweeping or about your sink, or places where disinfectants are needed. In liquid and balls. P. P. SMITH Ô CO. N"

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I ir it s plumbing! to one's feelings to find the Plumb ing out. of order. But it is not safe to tamper with It yourself, or to hire Incompetent help because the latter is cheap. We are expert Plumbers, and undertake all kinds of new work as well as repairs. Our men are thoroughly reliable, and our prices low. We do not use any but the best materials, and consequently our jobs •re uniformly successful. P. S. CRONK CO. Machiniste and Plomber». Deniers in Mill, Oln, Plumbing and Water Supplies. Metal and Oenaico Roofing, etc. XLbc Bail\> Xiobt PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY BY The Enterprise Publishing Co. PAID UP CAPITAL, $20,000 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. G. W. McKnifrht. President and Treas urer: Ed Cunningham. Vice President; C. W. Kent, Secretary. Directors: T. A. Fer· ri·, G. VV. McKnijgnt, Ed Cunningham, C. W. Kent, Dr. C. W. Simpson. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Month 50 ix Months, in advance 2.75 ne Year, in advance 5.00 iSntered at the Waxahachie Postoffice as Mail Matter of the Second Class. Obituaries, resolutions of respect.cards of thanks—al) matter not NEwS-will be char (red for at the rate of 5 cents per line. Poetry at double price. Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing: or reputation of any person, firm or corporation that may ap pear in the columns of the Daily Lig-ht will be gladly corrected upon it being brought to the attention of the manage ment. The Enterprise Publishing* Company is in no wise responsible for debts that may be contracted by employes, nor will we assume payment of such debts under ι any circumstances. Every employe of 1 this office is paid promptly ior work done. This is to protect ourselves and the selling public ENTERPRISE PUB LISHING COMPANY. Per G. W. Mc Knigrht, Manager. W. A.OWNHY City Editor (Residence Phone, Bell No. 289.) TU Κ IX DIVIDUAL AND HIS RIGHTS. In the August number of The I North American Review, Mr. W. D. j Howells makes what he calls "Some Unpalatable Suggestions." T,hese suggestions concern mainly the I manner in which the state deals with those who are convicted of crime, j The criminal is incarcerated and his j family, if he has one. is left without support. Mr. Howells declares that in appropriating the fruit of the con vict's enforced labor, inetead of ap plying it to the support of his family or giving it to himself when he re gains his freedom, the state itself be comes a thief. As to the wretched man who after long delay is acquit ted of the crime charged against him by the state, Mr. Howells says: j "What reparation does the state make him for his time, of which it has wasted years, and for the agony which it has inflicted upon an Inno cent man? Does it compute his wrong in money, and offer to re compense him for his loss and pain? Does it formally claim the sovereign right, the sacred privilege, of paying his counsel, the men who have sav ed him from its error, and kept from its annals the strain of his guiltless death? Does it declare, with forms of peculiar solemnity, in some special session of its highest tribunal, that he has been deeply wronged and that now he must be righted in the esteem of all just men? Nothing of the kind. It simply lets him go, under the cloud that it does nothing else to lift from him, and leaves him to pay the whole cost of his fight for life. Sometimes there is popular applause at the ac quittal of an accused man, and then an officer commands silence in the court. But ought there to be si lence in the court? Would not the court's dignity be more respected by a joyful noiee, which should echo through all the land, proclaiming the escape of the state from the commission of a disgraceful blun der? As yet the courts think not; but the circumstances may yet ef fect even the sort of citizen we have been imagining as grotesque. Such a citizen may say, to be sure, that we are not different from the rest of the civilized world in these features of our criminal procedure, and he can justly hold that nowhere is an accused person indemnified for his losses through the blundering of the state. He can say, and probably fill continue to say, that it Is nough for the accused to have got iff. But is it?" Let ^fhe discussion proceed and et us work back to respect for the j ndivldual, with due regard for bis "Ights.—Waco Times-Herald. And now the politicians are per urbed over who is to be the next itate chairman of the democratic ■xecutive committee and also as to vho will occupy the speaker's chair luring the session of the next legls ature. There is no peace for the jolitielan until he Is dead or has jeen tucked up on the shelf, says he Denison Herald. THK PASSING OF HAYWOOD William D. Haywood, who spoke in Fort Worth Tuesday night, ad vised the Farmers' Union to enter politics, denounced the supreme courts of the country, advised every body to defy court injunctions and uttered several somewhat pronoun ?ed views. Particularly appropriate at this time and of value in judging the weight of Haywood and what he stands for, is a brief article in the Telluride (Colo.) Journal, publish ed about the time Mr. Haywood started on his present lecture tour. It is entitled "The Passing of Hay wood" and is as follows: With the departure of William D. Haywood for the east, the once pow erful official of the federation, pass es out of the life of the Western Federation of Miners. Like the fall of Babylon, the strength of the for mer secretary-treasurer has crumb led. In the old days of the federation —those wild, radical days of strife and strike Bill Haywood was a fac tor to be reckoned with in the coun cils of the federation. But a saner and more conserva tive rule now sways the destinies of the miners—and the picturesque 'eatures, vivid and startling enough ο be the topic of magazines and the jress of the world for years, have ;one. In future the Western Keder ition will drop to the ranks of oth >r labor organizations, still strong, t is true, but lending its strength toward improved conditions and ligher wages, always gained through ieliberations and consultations with nine owners, and tempered by the politic commands of federation con servatism. And it may be that Charles Moy ei\ president, sees the handwriting on the wall. It may lie that his clear vision can forecast the future. Be this as it will, Charley Moyer is the bright, shining light of the present convention or miners, ms mina ana brain are steering the federation ship into calm and untroubled wat ers, away from radicalism, away from socialism and away from the pitfalls of former years which have cost the miners hundreds of thous ands of dollars and much needless shedding of blood. And in the future the Haywoods, the Orchards, the St. Johns and those other tirery agitators will be banished and in their place will rise a conservative, peaceful element that will bring surcease from trou bles and make the Western Federa tion of Miners an organization to be dealt with on a higher plane by mine owners and Colorado citizens. PARSONS* TEXAS CAVALRY. AiiiiiiuI lU'uniou Ik Iteing Heiû ni Κ it ni s—It. Ilcgan Wednesday. Ennis, Texas, Aug. 6.—The an nual reunion of Parsons' Texas Cav alry Brigade Is being held in Ennis. R. W. Derden is president and J. B. Beauchainp is secretary of the asso ciation. This brigade was made up principally In Ellis and Navarro counties, and many members are at tending from these counties and also from Hill. Addresses of welcome were made Wednesday by Mayor Collier on the part of the city, by Dr. J. C. Loggins on the part of Camp James Longstreet, by Hon. John Sharp on part Sons of Confed erate Veterans, and by Mrs. J. P. Mann on the part of the Daughters of the Confederacy. These were responded to by Col. L. T. Wheeler of Corsicana, Musical renditions and literary readings are being furnished by la dies of the city. The veterans gave hearty cheers to "Dixie," sung by Mrs. A. H. Dunkerley. Col. L. T. Wheeler of Corsicana, Col. B. F. Marchbanks of Waxaha chie and Major A. M. Dechman of Dallas were appointed a committee on resolutions relative to the death of Col. Parsons. A patriotic program was rendered last night and a banquet will be served at the city hall tonight. Kentucky Fanners "Trust." Paducah, Ky., Aug. 6.—For the purpose of organizing all the far mers of Kentucky into a union which shall, as far as possible, con trol the production and distribution of agricultural products, a meeting of farmers was held here today. The sessions are executive and will con tinue three days. ELUAH AND THE RAVENS. Story Which Did Not Fit This Par- ticular Minister'* Case. I North Carolina ^probably never pro- Sliced an abler preacher than i)r. Francis L. Hawkes, who once was pastor of Urace Episcopal church, New York. Short, thick set, swarthy, black eyed and black haired, he was a strik ing personage. He was not ouly a great pulpit orator, but considered the best reader In the New York episco pacy. Ills rather luxurious family de terred bim from accepting a bishopric, ι which would have otherwise been tendered. One day a delegation from a Buffalo church waited upon him ar.il j Invited him to accept a pastorate In that city. "Well, gentlemen, other things beii.g j satisfactory, the question of accept- ance narrows down to a business mat- ι ter," said Or. Hawkes. "What salary do you offer?" "Dr. Hawkes." said the spokesman. I "we recognize that you have a hig'.i reputation and are willing to be lib- 1 eral. Our recent pastor received Î'J.- j 500, but on account of your standing we have decided to offer you $3.500." "My good man." cried the doctor, "do you know what salary 1 am receiv ing here?" "No. air." "I get $15.000 and this parsonage, and. at I have an expensive family, I I do not·see my way clear to accept your offer." The spokesman looked rather sheep- Ish. but made another essay. "If we hail known that, sir, we 1 would undoubtedly have looked else where. but you should remember that J the work of the Lord must be done, and, as for providing for your family, you know the story of Elijah and the ravens." "Now. my friends." responded the clergyman quizzically. "I have made the Bible my study ever since I was twenty-eight. I have read It through carefully and prayerfully ovVr 100 i times 1 remember the raven lnr husband Is continually smrking dreadfully Young Woman (bursting into team —1 don't believe it. your horrid old thing! Old Lady (astoui.ded)— What's the matter with the woman? Officious Bystander ITer husband's dead —Baltimore American Hard to Decide. Smlthers—1 am going to have my pic ture taken. A good deal depends upo· the pose, don't you know. Now. whn* kind of a position do you think wotiU'. be the best or me? Brownrlg—Well. I don't know. I was going to say with your back to the camera, but then you hair is rather thin behind.—Boston Transcript. er cent tricky." What do you think of that? There are eight paints not adul «rated and full gallon; there art i.ore than two hundred In all; somi adulterated three-quarters, somi two-thirds, some half, one-third, ι luarter; and, when you get down t< fifteen per cent, they seem very goo( is paints go; they're only about flf teen per cent tricky. How much is it fair to cheat in ι gallon, by measure; and how mucl by water in milk;, or whiting, china :lay, ground stone, barytes, benzine md water, in paint? Fifteen is thi least; it Isn't worth while to chea ror less than fifteen; they seem tc think so anyhow. Maybe, It isn' worth while at all. Devoe is the strongest of all. i gallon goos further: 10 gallons De voe Is enough for a job that take 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2: of the rest; and a gallon costs when painters are paid. Now reckon the cost. Devoe $50 the rest $55 $60 $70 and so on. How long will they wear? Th strongest wears longest, of course. Is it worth while to cheat when ai honest paint costs least and wear longest? Your truly, F. W. DEVOE CO. P. S.: Waxahachie Lumber com pany sells our valnt. 9 ERWIN COOK GENERAL contractors and BUILDERS.—HOUSE PLAN8 A SPECIALTY. Manufacturers or planing mill products of all kinds. A few days, more only for reduced prices ou house screens. Office at mill on. South Monroe street, near Katy freight depot. S. W. Phone 490. WAXAHACHIE PLANING MILL CO 8. J. Erwln. Mer Look at that smile on tbe cook's· face, she knows the dinner will all right for the Roast came fronts the North Side Market, and she 1b j sure of the quality and quantity of It. 1 handle only the best Meats. I H. N. Nycum NORTH SIDE SQUARE Pastor XeTlus Returning. s I Rev. W. M. Nevlns, pastor of the· ι First Baptist church, writes the ι Dally Light from Lexington, Ky., where he Is spending his vacation, that he will reach Waxahachle 8at I urday. He will preach at his church Γ I Sunday morning and evening. The Big LET-GO SALE 58-m. Table Linen. 35c quality for 23c 58-in Table Linen, 5oc quality for 39c 72-in. Damask, halt bleached, 65: grade for 45c Splendid values in Dimask, Let Go Sale prices, per yard 1 19, 93c, 89c, 73c and 59c Napkins, 1.25 grade, per dozen 89c Other qualities on sale at 1.25 up to 4,40

TOWELS. Large size, all linen, fringed ends, colored borders, 75c quality, the pair 48c Best Towei values in the city per pair 39c, 28c 19c Full size Counterpanes, good durable quality, have sold at 1.75, now 1.23 Finer grades on sale at l.6o, 1.8o, 2.1o and up. MADRAS. All neat patterns and good patterns, 25c, 2uc and 15c qualities on sale, per yd 18c, 14c and 11c GINGHAMS. Β st qualitv A. F. C. Ginghams sells 15c ever\ ht η Let Go Sale price, the yd 10c MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Corset Covers, Gowns, Drawers, Chemise, UncierskTts, etc best bargains ever offer ed. Garments are well made of good materials. Be sure to see these values. SHIRT WAISTS. Every one is in the tip top of pres ent fashion, long or short sleeves, our buyer recently sent us a lot of new styles which he secured at about one-half the regular price and these, together wit all our shirt waist stocks, go in this Let Go Sale at wholesale prices. 6.00, 5.00. 4.oo, 3.00, 2.5o and 1.75 values now on sale at 4.4o, 3.75, 2.6o, 1.95, 1.65 and 1.19 BARGAINS ALL OVER THE HOUSE TxxmT^miMEaeaaesmmmimaimmmeMaLM iwjjwuuj». —a— Jolesch Chaska 1 Straw Hat Sale We will close out our entire stock of Straw Hats at One-Half Price East Side Square. CALVIN BROS.

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-ο- 4" ο I Μ-, Κ. A T.—North Bound. No. fi (Flyer) leaves .7:20 a π: No. 204 '.eaves 7:32 ρ m No. 202 leaves 10:06 a td SoutJ» Τ tour. 3. No. 203 leaves 9:25 a m No. 201 leaves 6:35 ρ m No. 6 Flyer) 9:11 ρ m II. At T. C.—West Bound. No. 8 5 leaves 6:26 a m No. 83 leaves 6:53 ρ m Kast Bound. No. 82 leaves a: 21 a m—connects at Knnls ior Houston. No. 86 leaves 9:06 ρ m Trinity and Brazos Valley. Southbound. No. 21 leaves week days 9:30 a m No. 23 leaves Sundays ..8:35 a m Northbound. No. 22 leaves week days 2:00 ρ m No. 23 leaves Sundays ..12:35 ρ m ΤΗ Κ TEMPLE OP JUSTICE

Wanted to Dodge Officers. A negro suspect was arrested Wednesday morning and placed in the county jail. The negro recently finished serving a term of five years in the reformatory at Gatesville. A short distance below town Wednes day morning the negro met a wjjite man to whom he made the state ment that he wanted to dodge the officers of Waxahaçhie. The sheriff's department was put wise and an officer was sent out to look for the negro. He was met on the Katy tracks inside the city limits and es corted to the county jail. Licensed to Wed. Owen Fleming and Hattie Cav ender. The lilrth Record. T. F. Whitlock and wife, Waxa haçhie, August 3, a girl. Henry Beard and wife, May pearl, July 9, a girl. Guy Youngblood and wife. Ennis, July 26, a girl. S. (J. Arnett and wife, Ennis. July 22, a girl. George Allen and wife, Ennis, Ju ly 4, a girl. Howard Smith and wife, May pearl. July 2, a boy. John Hughes and wife, Maypearl, July 1C, a girl. The Death Roll. Tom Hunter, aged 12 months, Ennis, July 12. Riihv HAntr*n flnrroff Tnlv On Harry Caehion, aged 8 years. Crisp, July 26. Wm. Henry, aged 80 years, Als dorf, July 28. Carl Wakelanfl, aged 8 ye^s, En nls, July 9. There Is more Catarrh in this sec tion of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local dis ease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced It incur able. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hallos Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitution al cure on the market. It is taken in ternally in doses from 10 drops to a teaepoonful. It acts directly on the blood and muc«tt surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dol lars for any case U fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. Cheney Co., Tole do, O. Sokl by Druggists, 15c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. d The Popularity of Spotless, Olive Branch and Jersoy Cream flour is growing every day. The reason for it is that the flour is always good. Sold by all the lead ing grocers. John V. Singleton. 106 Use the Independent Phone Ellis Co. Independent ..Telephone Company.. F. S. EATON. Mgr. Greatly Increased Toll Una Facilities This company having filaced in operation a arge number of direct through circuits be tween the important towns in Texan anil Arkansas is enabled to offer its patrons a more prompt, efficient and compre hensive longdistance service than heretofore. No intermediate sta tions on these circuits, thus insur ing a minimum of interruptions. A new line has lust been completed from Bowie to Ringgold which ia there met with a line of the Pioneer Telephone Co.. thus fusnishing a first class service toOkl&homaCity Guthrie A western Oklahoma points. The Southwestern Tele· graph Telephone Co. COAT OK MAIL SAVKS HAMII). Minor I'iilacc Official Stabs Sultan i of Turkey In Breast. ι London. August 6.—A special dis-! >atch to the Exchange Telegraph •ompany from Geneva says: "The ■iultan of Turkey was stabbed in the brt ast .Monday night by a minor palace official. The coat of mail which the sultan always wears de flected the blow. "The would-be-assassin was ar rested. Apparently he had been brib ad to commit the act, as he had a large sum of gold in his pockets and his baggage was packed, ready for flight. The news was received in Geneva in a telegram from Constan tinople to a young Turk here." On a New Footing. Mr. Absalom Koote, an eccentric old gentleman who had grown tired of life in the city, decided to move to some smaller town, free from the roar of traffic, the bustle and confusion of the thronging multitude, where he could end his days tranquilly, as became a man of his age. In casting about for a location, his eye chanced to light upon tile advertisement in a village paper of one Thomas It. Foote. who wanted to dispose of his boot and shoe store at a bargain, having made up his mind to remove to the city. "That's the very thing." he said j "Selling shoes is a nice easy occupa- tion. It will give me .Hist enough r do to keep me from stagnating, and won't wear me out with overwork I'll investigate It. It's queer, thong:) that his name Is Foote. >n.v name i Foote. he wants to come to the i y and I want to go to the country." A visit to the little town decic'e I him. He liked its appearance and lu cation. He was pleased, moreover, with "Foote's Shoe Store" and bought It, good will and all. at a bargain. "Well," said the other Mr. Foote. "you won't have to chnng»-the sign." "No." he answered slowly. "I'll ju t add a little to it." The next day he added this, just below the sign: "This place ha* j changed feet." A DUpenser of Smiles. Tier mother said: "Oh. dear! Isn't that awful? What will people think'.-" but the people themselves seemed to think it about the prettiest incident 1 they had met that day. She was a very little girl, while j frocked. pink ribboned, brown curled. With her mother she left the subway train at the Grand Central station. The usual confusion prevailed. Timid ti:r. eJers grabbed suit cases and bundle and exclaimed, "Oh, do we ehan;: here;" Trainmen on the platfon.; shouted out directions for local and express trains and the guards of t lui particular car adjured the passengers lively!" and to "Watch the step." Thon i all of η sudden there was a lull in the uproar. The little girl was leaving the car. She stopped at the door. look ed back and waved her hand. "Goodby, everybody," she said. The words carried to the far end of the car. They made every one sit up. Two or three persons called out a re sponsive "Goodhy," two or three said "Bless the child," and all smiled.—New Jork Tress. Shipwrecks and Courts Martial. The custom of holding courts martial In the British navy after every case of Bhlpwreck has a curious origin, lu 1741 the Wager, one of Commodore Anson's vessels, was wrecked off the coast of Chile, most of the crew being saved. The men and some of the Jun ior officers held that they were no longer amenable to discipline because their pay ceased with the wreck, but the captain, whose name was Davy Cheap, differed, treated them as muti neers and shot one of his midshipmen. He was then deposed, and most of the crew made off In three of the boats. Later when it was proposed to proceed against the so called mutineers the law officers of the crown decided that the men had been correct In their view. This discovery led to the framing of section 01 of the articles of war, which provides that In the case of shipwreck, destruction or capture by the enemy a ship is held to remain In commission pending Inquiry by a court martial. TH· Pigs of Brittany. "Brittany is all right." the traveled man said cautiously, "but beware of the pigs there. The Breton pig Is not fat and Indolent like ours. He la as lean and fiery as a wolf and twice a wolfs size. All over Brittany you see him. swaggering up and down thA white roads In search of roots, berries, frogs, anything—for he must forage for himself—his master never feeds him. Step out of his way, or be will snarl and leap at you. "The Bretons are great drunkards. Sometimes they fall asleep beside the foad. They awake with a sharp pain In the arm or leg. t^e pain of a hungry hog's teeth." New Orleans Times Democrat. Suspicious. A man entered a Tenderloin drug itore the other day and asked for a telephone, says the New York Tribune. !Ie was evidently from out of town. 'Do I pay you first or afterward?" he isked the clerk when the Instrument a question was pointed out to him. 'Tail call your number and then put rour dime In the slot," snapped the :lerk. The stranger was suspicious. 'In that hole there?" he asked, looking ill around the telephone and fingering J»e «lot dubiously. "Ye·." "I guess iot," Mid be, turning away, with dé cision. "1 ain't kMkln' fer no aarln's 1 Mink." \ι· n-;n τ η κ. imkjkish. ilassiirliiiSfttN Kisli ιιικί (iairr Olli π— Start Investigation. Members of the Massachusetts lepartment of fisheries and game iave started out to investigate the lespised dogfish, tinder a resolution >assed by the last legislature, which impropriated a sum not exceeding fl 0,000 for this purpose. Their investigations probably will occupy he rest of the summer, and labora ory work will be continued prob ibly until the next meeting of the general court, when they will make ι report, if their investigations war ant, although they are not compell ed to finish the work then. For The present the commission ers will only "read up" on the sub-j iect, visit the marine laboratory at ft'oods Hole and obtain as much in- 'ormation as possible about the hab ts of this wolf of the deep. Later on hey will experiment with methods >f killing or capturing dogfish in wholesale qualities and will attempt Dy laboratory methods to determine he economic value of dogfish as a ton roe of oil, glue or fertilizer. They j ivill also make such experiments and ι nvestigations as they may see fit to fetermine how to keep dogfish in 'heck. and to induce fishermen to engage in the dogfish industry, in irder that a now worthless and des tructive fish may be converted into in an article of value. The task before the commission is no easy one. The dogfish hunt in [jacks, destroying annually many thousands of dollars' worth of use ful food fish. It is easy to catch them, because when they are around they drive other fish away, and are afflicted with a perpetual hunger. Fishing for dogfish is not calculated at present, to attract fishermen. Rather, it incites to profanity. If the commission can find some profitable commercial method of turning dog fish into useful oils or fertilizers or glue, however, a market would be provided for those incidentally j caught, and possibly factories for j the conversion process might be es- j tablished along the Massachusetts roast. The fish have appeared in j Buzzards Bay and are at present a i I nuisance to fishermen. There are ι people who say dogfish is good to eat, but these people are not epi cures, and they do not deny that the fish eaten by the dogfish is a great deal better than the dogfish itself. Considerable work has been done j at the marine biological laboratory at Woods Hole in studying the dog nsn, ana tnp united states tisli com mission has also given some time to investigation of these small sharks, which attain a length of from two to three feet. The state commission i will have the benefit of all this work but must do considerable original research work on its own account, par ticularly in relation to the com- j mercial disposition of the dogfish. The members are entering into the work with enthusiasm, however, and I have faith in the resolution of the j legislature, which was^designed to! create an important* .ndustry in Massachusetts.—Boston Transcript. Jack Kidd has made arrangements I to receive and post the result of the Texas League ball games at his cigar store every evening. The result will· be received about eight o'clock. Sheriffs Sale—Heal Estate. The State of Texas, County of Ellis. By virtue of an order of sale is sued out of the Honorable District Court of Dallas County, on the 21st day of March, A. D., 1907, in the case of Trinity Valley Trust Com pany, a corporation, versus Maggie M. Wilbrink, No. 2462, and directed to me as SherifT of Ellis County, I have levied upon, this 5th day of \ugust, A. D.. 1908, at 11 o'clock, a. m., and will proceed to sell, with in the hours prescribed by law, on the First Tuesday in September, A. D., 1908, it being the 1st day of said month, before the Court House loor of said Ellis County, in the City of Waxahachie, Texas, the fol lowing described real property, to wit: All that certain lot, tract or par cel of land situated In the city of Waxahachie, in Ellis County, Texas, ïnd being the west half of Lot No. 4 in Block 25 of the West End addi tion to the City of Waxahachie, shown by Phillips Hawkin's offi cial map of said city. Beginnig at the N. W. corner of said Block No. 25 at a point on the S. W. line of 3ycamore street, the intersection parallel with the N. W. line of High and avenue 200 feet, thence in a northwesterly direction parallel ivith the S. W. line of Sycamore street, 165 feet to an alley, thence η a northeasterly direction, parallel with the N. W. line of Highland av inue 200 feet to the place of begin ling. The above property is levied upon ind will be gold to satisfy the above nentloned Judgment rendered in >aid court on the 2 lit day of March, D„ 1907, In favor of Trinity Val ley Trust Company, a corporation, j and against the said Maggie M. Wil brink for the sum of Seven Hundred and Eighty ($780.00) Dollars, principal, with interest at the rate of 3 0 per cent per annum from date of judgment and the further sum of Thirty-Six and Fifteen One Hun dredth ($36.15) Dollars, costs, and j all costs accruing by virtue of said I suit and execution of this writ. Witness my hand, This 5th day ι of August, A. D., 1908. W. H. FORBES, Sheriff, Ellis County, Texas. By H. F. Iglehart, Depoty. Thll8 Notice of Final Account. No. 1^74. The State of Texas—To the Sheriff or Any Constable of Ellis County Greeting: Whereas, Mrs. Laura Jean, for merly Laura Maynard, Administra trix, of the estate of Garrette May nard, deceased, having filed in our County Court her final account of the condition of the estate of said Garrette Maynard, deceased, togeth er with an application to be dis charged from said administration, You are hereby commanded, That by publication of this writ for twenty days—three successive weeks —in a newspaper regularly publish ed in the County of Ellis, you give due notice tb all persons interested in the Account for Final Settlement of said Estate to file their objection thereto, if any they have, on or be fore the September Term, 1908, of said County Court, commencing and to be holden at the Court House of said County, in the City of Waxaha chie, on the First Monday In Sep tember, 1908, the same being the 7th day of said month, when said Account and application will be con sidered by said court. Herein fail not, but of this writ make due return showing how you I have executed the same. Witness, John M. Loggins, Clerk of the county court, Ellis County, Texas. Given under my hand and seal of said Court at my office, in the City of Waxahachie, Texas, this the 5th j lay of August, 1908. j JOHN M. LOGGINS, Clerk of the County Court, Ellis County, Texas. By P. H. Rowell, Deputy. A true copy, I certify: W. H. FORBES, Sheriff, Elllp County, Texas, ι By H. F. Iglébart, Deputy. Thll8 L^OR more than a quarter of a century the Enter Α prise Publishing Company has been turning out printing of the better grade. The business men of Waxahachie and surrounding towns have come to recognize our "imprint" on a piece of printing as a guarantee of quality. ΛΤ*ΗΕ business of thirty years ago, compared with our business of today, is, to say the least, sur prising. Our business has increased very rapidly and substantially, and our established rule of turning out nothing but printing of the better grade has been strictly adhered to. ΠΡΟ keep abreast with the times we have, year after year, added new material and new machinery, and today finds us with the best equipped and most thoroughly modern print shop in Ellis County. Our shop is recognized as au thority for printing of the better grade. /^\UR twentieth century facilities, together with our force of printers, who are jolly good fellows and delight in their work, enables us to meet any reasonable demand for printing of the better grade that may be placed upon us. We never permit a customer to go away dissatisfied. Id?. Cnterprise ZPub. Co. 2^ Fans! Fans! Fans! t Get you a fan and keep cool. I We have plenty of both Ceiling and Desk Fans in stock. I Phone us and we will do the rest.

[Waxahachie Electric 4 Gas COMPANY Are You Looking for something better in the way of Flour? If you are, call for "TOWN TALK" There is none better made. Once used—always used. Sold by first class grocers. Modern Milling Ô M'f'g Co. FOR SUMMER VACATIONS No other Section is so glo riously-delightful or affords suck numerous and varied at tractions.-with gnat Health giving dements as "COOL COLORADO" Its a grand kaleidoscopic' wonder, filled with Beauti ful Mountain-Mens. Rivulets, Cascades. Lakes and Vistas of Everlasting Snow, aff ording numerous Modem Hotels. Boarding Houses and Ranch-Resorts with exce llent accomodations at prices within the reach of all. indudine those with but modest pur ses. The suggestion to'Oo'is unnecessary to the tho usands who have been: but is urged upon others in their own behalf. Î Illustrated booklets are free andThe Denver Road* (The Highland Highway) is Shortest. Quickest, and af f ords MewtyEquiped Double Dally Thru Trains with Dining and Cafe Cars and Palace Sleepers. The Great Colorado Chau tauqua, at Boulder, opens July 4*. for a six weeks Musical and Intellectual Feast.

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Georgia Sweet Melons A fresh wagon load was received here at our store yesterday. They were grown in the sandy land and are the best we have ha J this season. Plenty of Cantaloupes. LYNN REAGOR Β >th Phones North Side Square WANT COLUMN.

WEATHER—Tonight and Fitlday partly cloudy weather. Max. 97; Mln. 70. FOR SALE— Good family horse. T. C. Cole. 107p FOR RENT 506 Rogers st. A. M.i Browning. tf FOR SALE—Two, four or six pigs. I C. A. Arnold. 108 FOR SALE Renl contracts at the Dally Light office. tf FOR RENT—A four-room cottage on McMillan street: O. Beseler. tf ORDERS TAKEN at the Daily Light office for engraved calling cards, tf FOR SALE—Rubber tire, cutundor runabout cheap. Apply this office. 108p I FOR SALE—Nice lot of pears (de livered). Will A. Malcolm, 318 Vlck ery street. 108 R. D. McCOMBfl. Fire. Life, Accident Tornado, Plate Glass and Live Stock Insurance. tf WAXAHAOHIE Hot Mineral water delivered dally. B. S. McCourt, old phone 461. tf STENOGRAPHER: Miss Zora Tay lor, office with G. O. Oroce, Citizens Bank Building. oktf WANTED—One ice box (ororefrig erator) and one tin roof to repair. W. Schuster, Tinner. Old Phone. 08 REWARD OFFERED ror anything that's better or more up-to-date than our printing. Both phones 148. tf FOR SALE—Pears for preserving $1.00 per bushel. Leave orders at Eatitorium. J. I. Williams, Lake Park avenue. 108pd Γ WJrt OrtLjTj 1TJUUIIL tJiuu uaj.nioc ι church (colored). See Sam Taylor, David Carroll, Jr., or Rufus McKee ver, trustees. 107p PHONE H. A. McMILLAN at the Dally Light office when you want printing done of any kind The best work guaranteed. tf NOTICE—1 repair all kinds of stoves, gasoline stoves a specialty. Wesson Upholstering and Furniture Repair Shop. Old Phone. 107 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS—Copy for page and half-page ads for the Weekly Enterprise should reach this office not later than Monday. tf WHEN you have a relative or friend visiting you phone the Daily Light. Every item phoned or sent In is ap preciated by the -ianagement. tf LOST—Somewhere in the city or iu the Chautauqua Park, child's gold bracelet. Finder will please return to G. C. Croce and be rewarded. 108 OALV1N BROS., are prepared to at tend to your wants when they are in the gents' furnishing line. Clean ing. pressing and repairing receive their careful attention and satisfac tion is always guaranteed. Phone rhem and see. tf FOR SALE -Nice four room cottage, newly painted and papered, good or chard storm cellar, new barn and liugty shed, lot 65x200 feet. Ciood well of living water, electric lights, shade trees, etc. Will sell at a bar gain for ready sale. Address Owner, care Daily Light office. mdh Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds τ-'.··μ and Wtioopiti£ Cough PERSONALS.

Robert Watt of Corslcana was in the city today. County Clerk Logging went to En nis this morning. Mrs. Ed Wicker is visiting rela tives in Midlothian today. Bowd Farrar is practicing law on some of the Ennis people today. W. S. Davis of Guanajuato, Mex ico. is a visitor in the city today. Hon. T. J. Cole left this morning on a business trip to Shawnee, Okla. L. C. Todd and Mr. Childress left this morning on a trip to Wichita Falls. Mrs. L. J. Blair and daughter, Mrs. L. P. Cox, are visiting Mrs. S. Taylor. Mrs. James Walker and son of Ennis are the guests of Mrs. Will Kennedy. Mrs. J. M. Veazey and little daughter have returned from a vis it to Galveston. Miss Myrtle Rider of Mineral Wells is visiting Miss Clara Sullivan in University Addition. Miss Pickard of Weatherford is visiting Miss Winnifred Harrison at her home, "Edgefield.' Mr. and Mrs. Holt Spain of Bowie spent yesterday in the city as guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knox Mrs. Julia Jenkins has returned from Oklahoma where she was call ed by the death of her mother. Mrs. υ. sweatt ana cnuarer left this morning for Shawnee, Ok. to spend a few weeks with relatives Mr. and Mrs. Veal Reagor of Pla no. who have been visiting relative! in the city, returned home ttii; morning. Mrs. Halbert and Miso Annie Hal bert of Corsicana and Mrs. Rasbaum of Marshall are visiting in the home of G. C. Groce. Mrs. F. S. Cronk and children left this morning on a visit to Fort Scott, Kas. They were accompanied to Dallas by Mr. Cronk. Mr. and Mrs. John Solon ^nd Miss Julia Solon and Miss Teresa Coates will leave this evening for St. Paul. Minn., where they will spend some six weeks. Rogers Hotel Arrivals. J. T. Emetson, Houston; W. J. Murphy, Fort Worth: C. A. Kinrnan Ruston, La.; J. H. Conlan. Hous ton: Ed Green, Corsicana: M. L Green, Houston; Η. E. Storey, Timp son; J. M. Fenland, St. Louis; J. C Ferguson, Memphis; E. W. Calvert Fort Worth; J. L. Leachman, Dallas; J. Β Caghill. Fort Worth; W. Β Hill. Waco; W. S. Robinson. Ennis; A. C. Pendergast, Fort Worth. Byre E. White, Dallas AVOID THE KNIFE. Cutting Won't Cure Piles—Interna Treatment Needed. A gardener doesn't kill weeds bj cutting their tops. He attacks thf the late Joel Chandler Harris all ver the country are contributing to fund for the erection of a memor al home for poor children near At anta. The institution will probably be cnown as the "Uncle Remus" Me norial Home and will have for its ibject the education and training of •hildren of this and other states. ïl Tremendous Bargains In Seasonable Oxf ords Every purchase repre sents true economy at these prices $7.00 Oxfords $4.95 6.00 Oxfords 4.35 5.00 Oxfords 3.95 4.00 Oxfords 3.35 3.50 Oxfords 2.95 3.00 Oxfords 2.35 2.50 Oxfords.. 1.95 But—you can't afford to wait longer as this sale will soon close CROW SHOE CO. Ψ ΨΨΨΨΨΨΨΨ® ►A Word About Trunks? We have entirely too many Trunks. If you think of going on a trip and need a trunk, or want a trunk and stay at home—then come down and let us show you a good trunk and how much we can save you and how little will buy a big trunk CLEAN SWEEP SALE