The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-17
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from that good old state OF Tonnes
see. There are more people In Ellis
County hailing from there than
from any other state In the union,
and each and every time the rail-
roads put on a cheap excursion
rate back 70 the old states these
TennesseeAns, all of them who p0ss-
iblv can, hike out to their old homes.
All this is commendable to love the
old stamping grounds and TO be
able to dig up the price of ticket
every year or two TO go back 20
scenes of early childhood, visit
kinfolks and have good time gem
orally. There are others besides
Tennesseeans in Ellis county. We
Arkansawyers, and the whole truth
of the business is, we are mighty
well pleased with good old Ellis
county and you very rarely ever see
an Arkansawyer put on his or her
good clothes, bundle mp their other
belongings and hit the railroad with
an excursion ticket in their TANKS.
Last Friday was the first day the
excursion rates were put on and on
a business trip to Dallas that day,
besides a good crowd that got on at
Waxahachie, / witnessed lots of
people at all the stations to Dallas
on the Katy road get aboard. Mrs.
M. T. Patrick and her daughters
were on the train bound for Tenn
essee of course, and remarked TO
her that all these people getting
aboard were gong to Tennessee.
How do you know? said she. Well
they look like Tennesseeans and
they also look happy like all Tenn
essee, people do when they start
back, and sure enough | got a sly
chance and asked them and Tenn
essee was the destination OF the last
one of them. | tod Mrs. Patrick
that she would confer favor upon
the citizens of Tennessee il she
would kindly have published IN the
Tennessee papers when she arrived
there for she and her daughters
would be the first on the ground
for all of those who had relatives in
Texas To look out for them.
/ do not know how to fully ac-
count for we Arkansawyers not hav-
ing such desire TO visit our old
homes. Possibly some OF us did
not shake hands with the Sheriff
when we started TO this goodly land,
and one thing ! do know, we keep
our iIbutF anu are iApN az III tfiAEtl
expense at any rate.
There is a meeting coming on ia
Texas this summer at College
Station. The Farmers CeuRrs6s
meets there the tiith Of July and
Arkausawyers. Tenue ssee ans,
goober grabbers and every farmer
who possibly can should attend this
meeting. The Enterprise car will
leave the Central depot in Waxa-
hachie on the morning of the tifth
Of July. The round trip rate Will be
g.. Is and 1--WE or six dollars will
cover the whole expense OF the trip
Mr.. Polk Weathers from Flat Rock,
south OF Italy, was here last satn-
day attending the Democratic con-
vention and said he and several Of
his neikhbors contemplated going to
the congress this summer,
My friend, Prof. X. II. Cousins.
is still running for state snperin-
tendent, of Public Instruction
against LeFevfe, the present ineum-
bent. With the exception Of q few
months Mr.. LeFeyre has held this
positi IN two terms. 1 have known
Mr.. Cousins for twelve years and
| know him to be "a practical. sensi-
BILE, educated, christian gentleman,
who will fiji the place much better
than LeFevre ever did. Professor
Aeker, the Superintendent of the
Waxahachie Public schools, is a
warm supporter of Cousins and
Professor Horubeak and DIR. Boden-
hammer, both of whom have taught
in Trinity University for II or IL
years each, and both have known
Professor Cousins as long az | have
and both of whom are more compe-
tent to judge of Cousins qualiticA-
tions than | am, are tooth and toe
nail for Cou sins. | sincerely hope
the voters OF Ellis County when
they cast their ballot will scratch
LeFevre and vote for r. b. Cousins
for State Superintendent Of Public
Instruction The examine alton sent
out to the teachers as published In
the ENTERPRISE some time since
shows LeFevre not "a practical man
for the place and the teachers
of Ellis county, a great majority Of
them, are for Cousins. He 10 the
only man In the race for any office,
county or state, outside of w. e.
Wear of Hlllsboro, that the Daily
Light and Weekly Enterprise are
working for. Mr.. Wear 10 in every
way equal To his opponents and then
the good work he did for Jack BeAll
in Bosque and in his own county,
Hill, makes the citizens OF Ellis
county under special obligation To
support him.