The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-05-14
SAN ANTONIO AND THE CAPITAL CITY

init this girl 20 impoversh herself TO
save to them the most magnificent
testimonial to heroism the world per-
! haps ever saw. Every loyal Texan
who is able to spare dollar should
esteem 1T a privilege to have that
much interest in the preservation of
the Alamo. Bot this strings out.
| San Antonio entertained the Press
Association In IA royal manner.
| Less than an hour after our arrival
| Mrs. Buie was inveigled into u
motor car--one of those great long
red devils, with high up seats and
canopy top, propelled by a twelve
/ horse power gasoline engine, and
I | had TO go along to allay her fears,
| for she was mortally scared every
time the thing gave that curious
"ohug-chug-chug" noise like chok-
| ing calf getting it's breath. The ride
vas very pleasant one and with
| out mishaps, except that the "chaf-
feur" that's what they call the en-
Rineerj backed US into a mesquite
| tree aud caught me up much like
Absalom was when biz mule ran
| from under him. We were carried
| out into the country to see the
macadam roads now being built by
the county. The road Ia first graded
| down and the gravel dumped in over
tnh at Ia ~
the foadbed becomes perfectly hard.
When finished this gravel roadbed
is twelve inches deep In solid gravel.
The cost, we were told, was from
S2250,to 5000 per mile, determined by
the proximity Of the gravel
The meeting of our association
was we'll attended and splendid
| interest manifested. The newspaper
| bu sjness in Texas was never on q
| higher plane aud in its ranks today
/ are found some of the brightest
| minds and ablest publishers OF the
country. ! have compared weekly
/ papers from many Of the other and
| older states aud can say without the
/ least fiattsry that the weekly and
/ daily newspapers Of Texas are the
| equal, and taken as whole, the
superior, Of those of any state In
the union, not only in mechanical
appearance, but iu quality of mat
Ger. Texas has reason to be proud
Of her newspapers, and the Texas
Press Association has been the
great factor In bringing about this
condition. 1t is also responsible
for another very gratifying thing,
and that is the spirit Of friendly riv-
airy among the newspapers. There
are no petty iealousies among the
newspapers of Texas today. While
each upholds It's locality as the gar
den spot of the earth, IT neverthe-
less recognizes the advantages of
other localities and takes pride in
calling attention to them. IL Is this
spirit that is making Texas great,
aud to the Texas Press Association
is due the greater credit therefor,
brentwood was selected AS the
next meeting place, Larger cities bid
for it, but the boys said, remember
ing the good time they had at Waxa-
hacaie last year, they wanted TO try
Brentwood hospitality. Time after
time during the session was the
Waxahachie meeting referred 20. on
the floor Of the convention and
where two or more were gathered in
social conversation. Waxahachie
made everlasting friends ofthe press
boys and they will always have a
good word for her,
The association adjourned Satur-
| day at noon. There was an evening
program of entertainment. Trolley
| rides, auto rides, visits to the brew
cries with luncheon and drinkahles
on the side, in fact most anything
was ours for the asking except lem
onade and ice water. Lemonade
was Gfteen cents glass and Ice
water unprocurable except at your
/ iApAN1t AUAS paw VI kht ChArEtalA-
ment we left TO others and at
O'Clock left over the |. d q. n. for
Austin. There is much pretty eoun-
| try between San Antonio and Aus
| tin, Crops are well advanced.
Onions are being harvested by the
trainload while corn is waist high
and pretty as can be. Cotton looks
we'll, bat this is the boil weevil coun-
try and there is no predicting the
outcome.
Austin is reached at O'Clock and
grips and bags are hardly deposited
until we are shaking hands with
Albert Singleton, Horace TrIrpet
and Marshal Eskridge, all OF this
city, and little later, Jim Griffin.
Al the capitol, the chief point OF in.
terest, short chat is had with Com
missioners Mayfield and Coiquitt,
who do not observe the closing time
of 4:30, and a visit made to the sen.
ate chamber ands house and to the