The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-05-14
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SAVING THE ALAMO TO pOSTERITY.
Purchase Was GHaraaieed by 0 San
Aatenio Girl.


time tables. If go no further than
Dallas the train Is late returning !
remember last summer at Milwaukee
/ went to the station to take the
Chicago train. / presented my
ticket at the gate, the train was
standing in the sheds, and the gate
man told me to wait until he
called. / waited, the train pulled
out, "A light fingered piekpocket re-
lieved me Ut few old letters In
my pocket and two hours later 4
was permitted to board another train
for my destination. So on last
Wednesday night when | purposed
taking the Katy Flyer" due here
at 9:l7 it was reported five hours
late. and two hours later than re-
ported it left. Bro. Middleton aud
bis son, Montgomery, were going on
that same train, but didn't wake up
ia time. caught the train, for IL
was my duty to stay on watch while
my wife slept. The colored auto
crat of the sleeping car tucked me
away in berth al 400 a. m. and
when nv eyes next opened it was
to look upon the Brazos NJ Waco.
Then : o'clock and only 70 miles
away. Can you wonder then at
remark | made in the opening Of
this article
Twelve o'clock found us at Smith.
vile where for fifty cents | got the
"bummiess" meal ever tasted with
the exception Of the first and only
meal | ever ate In the state of Kan
sas The memories Of that Kansas
breakfast destroy my appetite when
ever recalled. one hundred miles
10 San Aatonio, aud shortly before
four o clock wife aud /, Bill Shaw
Congressman Garner, and half
dozen other choice spirits Of the
Texas press are pacing across brick
pavements To- street car. In this
city they have a separate compArt.
ment law, requiring the segregation
Of whites and negroes on the street
cars. The car was foil except the
rear seat. which was as empty as "a
candidates. poeketbook after the pri-
maries. The conductor explained
ia as that this seat belonged to ne
groes, aud young woman from In
diana, on her first trip south, re-
marked that il didn't make any dit
ference TO her. "It'll make q differ.
eucs of five dollars aud the trim.
mings " aaid the conductor, and the
seat was left vacant.
san Antonio lie the most interest
INK city in the whole south. Not
alone for the historic memories
which cluster around il, but for it's
beauty as we'll Its narrow, irregu
lar streets; its old Spanish archi-
lecture; it's tropical fruits and flow
ers; It's Inviting plAxas and parks
sill arrest the attention and hold with
interest the admiration OF the Wis
ftor. No matter how often you visit
San Antonio there is "A charm about
il that you cannot shake off. Out
on the oatskirts II tile city is Fort
Sam Houston where t.ncle Sam has
one OF hls beat military posts. Just
a little WAYS from the citv are two
Of the earliest missions established
in Texas by the Spanish Catholics
aud ia the heart of the city Is that
historic old ptle sacred 10 every
Texan and every lover Of liberty,
where Crockett, Travis, Bowie, Fan
min aud their band Of immortaIs paid
with their life-hIood the price of our
freedom-the Alamo. l never 20 to
Sau Antonio that | do not visit the
Alamo, look upon its battered walls +,
pick out the mark of cannon balls
upon Its sides aud stand with un~
covered head ia the rooms where
these fathers of Texas Independence
died fighting for freedom from Mexi-
can oppression, | wish every Texas
boy could visit this cradle of Texas
liberty and with "a proper knowledge
of what great sacrifice was here
made that this imperial common
wealth might be his heritage he could
but grow up better citizen, more
patriotic Texan and a stronger de-
fender of those blessings which were
purchased to us by the blood of the
noblest heroes the world has ever
seen. The blessed old building un-
til recently has been the property of
priv ate individuals who decided to
sell it. To save 1t to posterity the
Daughters of the Republic" de-
cided TO buy it. The purchase price
was $4,000 and the terms were $l0,-
600 year for Ave years. The terms
were accepted and an appeal made
to the Legislature to buy IL for tho
state. For some reason the legis-
lature refused to do so. This band
of patriotic women then appealed to