The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-06-07

IL made more cotton one or two years
than Ellis. Travis county, OF which
Austin is the county seat, appears TO
be poor. at least it was as far as
I could see from the car window.
Johnson grass seems to have spread
over all this South Texas country,
wherever it has been put In cuiti-
walton. San Marcos. the county seat
of Hayes county, is a pretty little
city and here in the San Marcos river
the government maintains large fish
hatcheries. From here millions Of
fish are annually sent out to citizens
in Texas and elsewhere to stock lakes
and rivers. They are sent where de
sired almost free of charge. New
Braunfels, The county seat of Comal
county. is also quite a pretty place
and is populated principally by Ger
mans BeNar county of which San
Antonio is the county seat. was next
south, and / knew it as soon as the
frain crossed the line Outside of
san Antonio that county IS sparsely
settled but still the citizens of the
county voted tax on themselves
"a few years ago and now they have
fine macadamized roads leading all
through the county. don't know
whether we viii ever have good
3ads ia Ellis county or not. but one
thing ! DO know in Dallas Tarrant
and BeSar counties where they have
good roads aud are building more
a-eTv DAY. the people are the best
pleased in the world and they are
rot broke up naying taxes either The
IS III Ira, *Aa@E
that they get more direct benefit
from the rUsd lax than aqy other
TAX they pay When that mile Of
good road is put down near Waxa-
hachie. which I hope will be done
this summer. then our Ellis county
tax payers can figure for themselves
whether or not they can afford 70
pay the tax the county is 80 much In
need of. / spent one evening In San
Antonio and left at 9:45 at night
There is but one San Antonio in
Texas or on earth Il is all in a class
TO itself The Mexicans and the diff
fereRt races of people from all over
the globe who live here. and many o.
them still following the customs they
brought with them makes San Anto-
Mo and its citizens an interesting
study / never fail when | am there
to visit the Alamo and look inside
this historic building where so many
brave Texans gave up their lives for
the independence of this fair land
which We are all so proud TO call
home
Miss Leonora Bennett. quite an in
geiligent lady. has been employed for
the last seven or eight years to SUI
perintend this building and entertain
the people who visit It.
year or two ago she made the most
comprehensive history Of the Alamo
and its slaughter ever written. The
price OF the book is fifty cents, and II
you want a complete history of tniS
building, write her and send her fiji
ty cents and she win send you
book that will cause your patriotism
TO rise and your hair 10 frequently
stand on its end as you read It, Re
Gently the saving of this historic
building 70 Texas for all future time
by Mas Clara Drtscou, whose father
resides here In Nueces county. of
which Corpus Christi Is the county
seat. Is remembered by all who read
the newspapers Mr. DriscOli is one
of the richest ranch owners next to
Mrs King in all this Southwest Tex
as country and only has two chill
dren. Miss Clara and son. His
wife is dead and he and his children
reside all the way from his ranon 10
( Paris, France The Young lady is
quite accomplished and has Travelled
over the world great deal
From Austin 70 this place Isl usu-
4aliy called the dry region IF Teas.
/ huI this season they have m8gnifi-
cent crops { never saw better corn
I growing than { did from here caek To-
/ keuuedy which Is about leo miles
One difficulty however is keeping
the corn after they raise a. this far
south The VeeVtls are very destyur-
( tive 20 corn and the boil we.Yils in
the past few years have eaten up
their cotton.
NJ brother-in-l J. X. Simmons.