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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-11
Appeal 10 the Country.
western Texas proSperiaa.

In my last letter | told you |
would soon go to the railroad To
meet wife and babies. Well, | did
aud was reioiced to find them wait
ing for me. They say | had the dry
grius for y month, and | expect l
did for | was sure enough glad to
have them with me III tell you
this way of patching gets old, and
that mighty quick. II didn't have
wife I'd get one the first chance.
We are well pleased with our new
home and surroundings. In some
respects we are exceptionally well
situated. We are only three miles
from Emma, where we have good
school, preaching nearly every sun
day, and as good society as can be
found In any sparsely populated
country. The people are In .
marked degree sober. orderly, Law
abiding citizens, and rs noted for
pay log their debts a. the old time
II ardshell Baptists. Mr., Jack Pip
kin an ex-Ellis countian told me he
h ad been selling goods on the Plains
eleven years, and bad credited any
and everybody, aud IL be had sver
lost a dollar he could not then ecAll
it. This certainly is n good show
ing. II this was not a good country
people could not pay, and II thew
were not honest they would not pay.
II does me good to live among such
people, hoping this spirit is conta~
gioas Right here will divsrge
enough 10 say, there is many poor
fello~ lAboriug from year 10 year,
doing all he possibly can 10 meet biz
honest obligations, aud because of
some misfortune or characterization
or accident he fails, then some un.
charitable person, who would not
have done as well under like cir
cumstances is ready 60 say hes "a
rascal We should swap shoes"
with him just while aud see II II
does not teach us lesson of chart
~.
This to fine stock farming coun-
try We are having abuu dance OF
rain, aud not too much | have one
hundred acres planted in milo
maize, kaffir corn and sorghum. and
July 3rd am sttll planting Can
plant any time from May to August
My crop 9 all on sod. there being
no land broken when we came. I'm
told sod crop = almost a certainty
here. aud nothing TO do but break
and plant. until harvest time
This is an exceptionally healthy
country oar doctor says he has
not m AIDE ter dollars ia two mouths.
We sieep under cover every night,
aud usa ally have TO close doors aud
windows before day.
Tomorrow July ATT will be cele-
hrated ia Emma by dinner all day
aud speaking on the ground.
IL. ID. RonsaRs
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COUNTY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

For County Treasurer
A. b. .MCKNIGHT.
B.'F. MARCHBANKs.
r.. ?. BURKs
E. d. CRIDDLE.
For Tax Collector
GEORGE SWEAT
T. J. TINGLE.
SIMP SPENCER
J. w. RUSSELL
For County Clerk
RUFE r. HENDRICKS.
For sheriff
JOE 2. MINNtCK.
For County Attorney
MARK SMITH.
CHARLEY PIPPIN.
jNo. D. MCRAE.
For District Clerk
Tom BURLEsoS.
For County Judge
F. L. HAWKINS
For RepresentativeI(two TO elect
J. NJ. ALDERDICE.
For Supt. Public instruction
J. T. BROOKS.
A c. STILES.
b. r. PACKARD.
For Constable Precinct No. l.
BEN F. ABBOTT.
7. NJ. MCKEE.
For Commissioner Precinct 4
LEE MOORE.
The cash must accompany each
announcements This rule will not
be deviated from.
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BACk fR0n TExAS

Jist got back from Texas, Hank;
Seen the Lone Star state.
I'm q blasted bIoomin' Yanks
But say she's great.
Rode clean through the whole dnrn
zone;
Took q week to go;
Wound up down in San Antoine
At the Alleymo.
Southern sun and atmosphere
Make a fellow lank;
But the skies are always clear,
Kinder suits me, Hank.
Durn these snowy, blowg days.
With ice and slush;
Gimme life where nature plays
Mid a peaceful hush.
Saw most everything that grows
Meath the vaulted dome.
Got q blossom on my nose
That l brought back home.
Gather Gosh, they's millions therei
Can't see many though,
States so blasted big, swear
Don't seem like it's so.
And the crops they raise OF late
Bigger are than lies
Biggest thing about the state
lie its awful size.
And the women, Hank, why say
Durn you, don't you grin
Fairer angels never stay
Out OF heaven or in.
Chicago Drovers' Journal.
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Water Ways

We fHrur HHar.I appropriations FOR
ftr ..rs and Improvement ~ The Wa
f-rs.Ea .f fH. country When any
g.Itarn.. .aa rHa N.4stae.up. river is
~ sufficient Importance f0 demand
sra... #H .f rho government such
..H should n- extended with 70 definite
plan NJ .ortrunus work until parua-
..-f Improvement Is secured We pr-
rus. ..a E.. lu#.sr policy IF Starving
EIa.- f.F-..rr. ir order Pro- feed lie
.ra.. ..r conquest su1 EHa appetite
t.r ..t... -ef|4s ar5 3 -Ts ~
str.....
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II K TIM X TABLk
a q I. c.. West Bound.

I. c.. West Bound.
81, ID kSaves 81 am
l. 81 leaves 8 ls pa
M, ~ arrives 20 pm-Does not run west WaXa
III, o. (nixed) leaves 4 80 am-DAily except Sun
EAst Bound
Na, EZ leaves . AZ Connects at Garrett for
So erMan and ST Ennis for Houston,
Hs, e leaves $40 pm-StArts from WaxahAchie
no 70 leaves . rs pn
Ns. 81 leaves II pm-DaIly except sunday
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II has made itself 4 Rati-e upon the
congress. the courts and upon the sci .
ftad practices ard usa&es OF natifsral
aad International law II summoned
the congress into hasty and extra ses
sion and early adjourned II, leavang
behind in its flight unfinished calendars
and unfinished tasks.
II made war; which is the sole power
Of congress. without ITS authority,
thereby usurping one of your funda-
mental prerogratives. II violated
plain statute OF the United States as
well as plain treaty obligations in the
usage and constitutional law. and has
deferred under pretense Of executing
a great public policy which could have
been more easily effected lawfully.
constitutionaliy and with honor
II forced strained and unnatural
constructions upon statutes. usurninE
judicial Interpretation and aholishins
congressional action by decree
liz withdrew from congress their Gus
tonary duties OF investigation which
have heretofore made the representa- .
tives of the people and the states tn
terror OF eviidoers.
IL conducted secretive investigation
OF its own and boosted OF a few sam
pie convictions while Il threw q broad
coverlet over the bureaus which had
abuses and kept in power their su-
rerior officers under whose admins
tration the crimes had been committed
II ordered assault upon some mo-
nopolies. but paralyzed -" its first vic
tory. Il lung out a flag of truce AMI
cried out that u would not run amuck
leaving us future purposes becloud =
ed by its vaCcil'ations
Appeal TO the Country
Conducting the campaign upon this
declaration OF our principles aud pur
poses We invoke for our candidates ths
support not only uf our great sni
tim~ honored organization. but also
the active assistance OF all our fellow
citizens who. disregarding past differ
ences upon questions no longer tn is
sue, desire the perpetuatton Of our
constitutional government framed
and established by the fathers OF Z =
republic
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Group

Is violent Inflammation OF the mu
caus membrane of the wind pipe.
~hich sometimes extends To the
laFynx and bronchial tubes and IL
one of the most dangerous diseases
OF children. 1t almost always comes
on in the night. Give frequent small
doses of Ballads Horeheand Syrup
aud apply Billiards. Snow Linimant
externally to the shrost. Ne, Nlc,
eiO0.
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II was large crew that vent up
salt river.
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Pensions. Soldiers ard sailors.

The Democracy would SEES are fn me
surviving -oigi~rs aud sailors aud tnsif
dependents generous pensions. mot b.
,tI arbitrary executive order. but hy
l.ri-itlau which grateful people
stand ready te enact
our -oidleys AID sailors who defend
with their lives The ennsf ltutlou and
thu. laws have sacred interest lH thvtF
inst aduairtstration. They must there
fore share aith as The Humiliation VITA
which $3.50 have Witnessed the exafta p
tt1n OF court f8Xuftt~s without dtssAn-
Tuf.h.H ~~rt tU.. otrF the seHff~d Fee
faas ~ maUt battles of AKA - atAna
h, executive tpufopftBtt tns "at at we
treasury et pfastf&te p~eapi# tn F'"+
t.f.n. az she see II congress WhAeh
ed trt .tsup~ussthaH Qf alaw ANS .
az tn.. U.. Ifsrt Officers
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Merchant M artns

We denounce the ship subsidy bill
recently passed 10y the United states
senate as an Ubiquitous appropriation
OF public funds for private purposes
and "A wastefut illogical and useless at
tempt 10 overcome by subsidy the Oh
strurtlous raised by Republican leEis-
iatlon TO the growth and development
of American commerce on the sea
We favor the uptuIdtug OF mer-
chant marine without new ar add
tiouAj burdens upon the people and
without bouutles from the treasury
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Civil Service

.rn p..ss.lsu. taFty stands rafnHit-
trf t1 frt gltns luirN - tlNd eest zee
-., tsfr 4aa se deusnd their 3T5uTsf
fgaf ana Impartial enforcement
IA. 4anauuUr tHe Republican gtfiF
e. t. ...truuas sad efHtsfwf HH-
.,.... tn,erte anou tbe aulftf and "paf
attar az DItN s~fttse fulHs NhVfenf
h trs sfhttaf}ig tasueneed eth 60
stnlnstloms fof asfe~s o. see tassf~+ts
80 fasaFttea sHA smp1oF*d 81 af-affe
IA t~. seem te oeHffeseH @ha 80 ass -
th~ urius tpawe upHH ~ht 2 th7 tsts *Ff
vice aa tatahabstsaA
sshool ard Rss@ osssslsaa-
res fmge am~stGea hss brouNht seant
g.. ,st-aa a. thtM #sHHkNN HHw EaHeF'
1870 "a fh# AHneFssaa fesU3e sfseai
mse ~ u tmat Il h*tHAs Ha ws@Fv
~, r~sfse she AaaA SUD a#tsfai race
"a .ssRtusaal amtfmMNat8N@ aU MMN pass
- ..stf sasfssssan eammsFN fHtsMns rsssfn
ssnss abstraction - hsssfsses@ ssss - -
es-svfux ~ etsana8s a@s haNgasH hes8ss
Sarsn sossth Esat ana West aAss tss'
sse~rsts sss~ssa EaNasHsF an HsHaH = as
80 s,s.sn ice sails e psA1n te Fhe ntii'
~ aAntfawu an8 as slaagssm e es'su'
vrmu xfnrs assa = easumsns 8NekiNS -
sHar~ e.suRlfs tsae oo1ugHun hufa#n#
vva therefore aapsesate sra e0Hstesssr
a.. rassmfssasi .asks. s#aNsn ara mAFTaw
vfstrss ~ tar Faaemf NeEss5ssst sNn essmv~Ef'
tsrsr al H-mtreEa. @slEn h@@ AnAsMnt =
MsnsgN amea faa @an1AeTM ~ eATAaH Asse
mnssaanal strife ssA - annssas fFsssm
- fhm sssssww eWHmamma sense #sA3 a@tFA'
nssr sriF4e ~ tme AgaeRssam nesaMAH.
TMm Rmmahiseam aasm6waaarAsasn.
wm~ existing RennigseAn administers
60. A. b.ssss~s a.aMsassse2Aa mwNAeAN. sM@
s.rs.,gaa as,@etaEukmr a. AsA1sfArY &
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The Democratic party or the UnI,eu
Htates in national convention assem-
bled declares its devotion 70 the es-
sential principles OF the Democratic
faith which brings its members to-
gether in party communion.
Under them local self government
and national unity and prosperity were
alike established.
They underlaid our independence, the
structure of our free republic and
every Democratic extension from Lou
isiana to California and Texas to Ore
gon which preserves faithfully in all
the states the tie between taxation and
representation. They yet inspire the
masses OF our people. guarding Jeal-
ously their rights and liberties and
Cherishiug their fraternity, peace and
orderly development. They remind us
OF our duties and responsibilities as
citizens and impress upon us, particu-
larry at this time. the necessity of re-
form and the rescue OF the admins
tration OF government from the head
strong. arbitrary and spasmodic meth
DDS which distract business by uncer-
tainty and pervade the public mind
with dread. distrust and perturbation.
Fundamental Principles.
The application of these fundamental
principles to the living issues Of the
day IS the first step toward the as
surad peace safety and progress OF
our nation. Freedom of the press,
Of conscience and of speeCh-equality
under the law of all citizens: right
OF trial by jury. freedom Of the per
son defended by the writ Of habeas
corpus. liberty of personal contract. I'M
trammeled by sumptuary laws. su-
premacy Of the civil over military au-
thority: a well disciplined militia; the
separation OF church and state; econo-
my in expenditures. low taxes that la
Dor may be lightly burdened; prompt
and sacred fulfllment Of public and
private obligations. fidelity to treaties,
peace and friendship with all nations.
entangling alliances with none; abso-
Lutte acquiescence Of the will Of the
majority. the vital principle OF repub-
liCs-these are doctrines which DemOc-
racy has established. approved by the
nation and they should be constantly
invoked and enforced
Capital and Labor.
We favor the enactment and admin
istratiOn OF laws giving labor and cap
ital iWpartially their Just rights. Cap
ital and labor ought not to be enc
mics Each is necessary to the other.
Each has rights bat the rights Of la
Dor are certainly no less vested, no
4
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We favor the reduction ~ the Rrrry
and Of ariuR expenditure 10 the point
historically demonstrated To b~ safe
and sufficient
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Reciprocity.

We favor liberal trade arrangements
with Canada ard with people 90 other
countries here they can Der entered
into wIth h@uett 20 American agrlcui-
tur". manufactures mining ard COM
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Condemnation Of Polysany.

We demand the determination OF
poIygamy within the jurisdiction of the
United States and the complete sep
arat!on Of church and state in political
affairs
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We favor the ustHtenaara % ths
Monroe Doctrine ju it- fuu Integrity.
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Statehood fer Territories.

W. favor the admission of the Ter
ritory of oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory W. also favor the immediate
admission OF Arizona and New Mexico
as separate states and territorial
government for Alaska and Porto
Rico.
We hold that the officials appointed
20 administer the government Of any
territory. as well rs the District OF
Alaska should be- bona nde residents
at the time of their appointment Of the
territory or district in which their dn-
ties are 20 he performed.
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full TEXT OF DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

sition OF almost Al me Repuhyie.au
leaders By vote, the majority al
which was Democratic.
We call attention to this great DEM
ocratic measure, broad and cor,nre
hensive as II is. working automatically
throughout all time without further
action OF congress, until the rectalna
ton of all the lands in the arid West
capable OF reclamation Is accomplish
ed, reserving the lands reclaimed for
horneseekers in small tracts. and rig
IDLY guarding against land monopoly
as an evidence of the policy Of do
nestle development contemplated nv
the Democratic party. should il be
placed in power.
isthnnian Canal.
The Democracy, when jnfrpstad
with power. will construct the Pana
ma cdnai speedily. honestly and eco
nomically. thereby giving 10 our peo-
pie what Democrats have always con-
tended fora great interoceanic canal
furnishing shorter and cheaper lines
OF transportation and broader and less
trammeled trade relations with the
other people OF the world.
American Citizenship.
We pledge ourselves to insist upon
Tue just ana lawful protection of our
citizens at home and abroad and TO
use all proper measures to secure for
them, whether native born or natural
lied, and without distinction Of race
or creed the equal protection Of laws
and the enjoyment OF all rights and
privileges open to them under the
covenants OF our treaties OF friendship
and commerce. and. if under existing
treaties the right of travel and sotourn
IS denied to American citizens or rec
ognition Is withheld from American
passports by any countries on the
grounS Of race or creed We favor the
beginning Of negotiations with the
governments of such countries 20 se-
cure BY treaties the removal OF these
unjust determinations.
We demand that all over the world
q duly authenticated passport issued by
the government OF tho United states
to an American citizen shall he PROOF
OF the fact that he is an .merican cit
teen and shall entitie him 10 the treat
mept due him as such
Election OF Senators by the People
We favor the election OF United
States senator's by the direct vote OF
the people
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-26
GIVE MUST HEAR FROM YOU BY FEB
RUARY T."

awe must hear from you by February LIST"
IF these words, kind reader, have a strangely
familiar ring to you,-well, there's no use saying:
you know what to do. And this note is just a
gentle, very gentle, reminder that it is very nearly
time you were doing that thing. Unless all signs
fail, our January records are going to show the
biggest list of renewals and new subscribers re-
ceived during any month for ten years past. But
we are also spending more money on the paper
than ever before, and we just can't give you a
live, up-to-date paper if we are forced to carry
old debts for you. So AGAIN we say
owe must hear from you by February LIST"
The banks, however, have a custom of allowing
"three days of grace" and we are going to adopt
it this time. The three days of grace will carry
the time to February 4th, and we shall not trouble
you if you respond by that time. Don't fail,
please, to get your letter to us before that time.
1t will save needless worry and expense, and you
would feel better and we should feel better if this
"little matter between u.s. we're cleared up once
for ali. Let's do it and have done with it.
"We must hear from you by February 1st"--
plus the three days of grace.
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to be divided among the States in proportion to
population, and this would give North Carolina
$5s4,0OO; Virginia, $53s,OOO; South Carolina.
$3ss,OOO; Georgia, $4,000, and Tennessee,
$5s5,OOO.
Persons who think of buying seed corn should
not overlook the little note from DR.. Henry Wal
lace on page II.
Prof. Gerald Mccarthy has an announcement
regarding silk growing on page II. 1t will be
observed that the Department of Agriculture has
silk worm eggs for sale to all January appli-
cants.
Prof. Kilgore's series of letters on fertilizers
announced for this issue, will begin next week.
They are worth waiting for.
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A STRIKING PLEA FOR RURAL SCHOOL
LIBRARIES.

LIBRARIES.
The most triking plea for rural school libraries
that has yet come to our notice is found in the
following letter from a young business man of ono
of our Southern States-a young man who left
a small cotton farm something less than twenty
years ago and has now won success in his chosen
field of effort. We publish the letter because we
believe it will stimulate some of our readers to new
and more vigorous effort to get good literature
before their children and their neighbor's chill
dren:
"I am glad to know" he writes, "that you are
doing so much to encourage the establishment of
rural libraries in North Carolina. From my own
experience as a country boy, I know how painfully
keen is the scarcity of good literature in our
farming sections. I was thinking about the mat
ter only last night. AS a boy in my teens, I Dor
rowed the books of all the neighbors around me-
yes, l remember some of them now: an 1910 edi-
ton of tFranklin's Autobiography from a cousin:
John Ploughman's Talks from a minister I
knew; an old Life of Lincoln from Mr.. R:
a copy of Tennyson's Poems,' which a University
student lent me in 1885; Hawthorne's Tales from
another cousin, and The Royal Path of Life,
owned by my uncle. All these are as deeply i'm
pressed on my memory as are the few green GASES
VI " ana GIdfC1GT. l. dn re-
minded, too, that one of the village merchants of
ten left his latest copy of Harper's Magazine living
on the counter, and I preferred to trade with
him because of the opportunities to snatch q few
minutes reading while I waited. A page of the
Ladies Home Journal that I found near the de-
pot many years ago is still remembered: and
some lines OF a great poem that I first read on
torn page of the Nashville Christian Advocate-I
picked up in the public road as I went on to the
little one-room school-house-are still fresh in NV
And The Youths COMPARTMENTS were
anger VISITS few and far between. My father. q
small farmer, had lost his little all in a business
the farm was under mortgage and sever
Ill oad crop years in succession had borne heavily
Oh us. 80 the subscription price of the Com
'an1on was higher than we felt we could afford
'ut remember how eagerly I looked forward each
all TO Its annual announcement in orr cb,rcb
usually with the offer to send SAM
lie copies to interested persons. Never did T fo;1
. avail myself of this offer, and great was nv
W "hen hnally subscribed for a full year. y y y
Judge, however, that I must have been an ex
epuon. L reckon that almost no Their country
oy 1eels quite as sorely and continually as felt
gha"lng' unutterable longing for food intellect
a: But L know that to some extent this Same
Jul munger Is felt in every country school. and 7
LII 'eillhg you my own experience because T tb;nL
may encourage you to redouble your efforts IN
enalI OF the school libraries. For NV own nnr+
"oulo gladly, cheerfully, give the cost of ona
l t.ese hDrarles twice over, Just to have had tho
llynege OF being one of those to use Il in tbs
tile country school I attended, D ~e