The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-08-27
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These mcu are aha3 we woajd call
Dung mau. some Of them Bad and
dcpray~d. perhaps. aud eomo prob
ably 'hc Victims 81 circumstance
and hsir past environments These
men are gu for from one So @a
yeafs. and that n hard labor
Guards are aIi around them armed
with douhIe-harrcled shu'euns and
there is 80 chance fog escape When
they are taken 80 aud from their
work they ARE pat iu rag some
thlne Ike cattle car. locked zap At
uiaht they are chained around the
neck. no friendly smile or hearty
haud-shake Is for them they have
forfeited their rights 90 freedom. $50
dear 10 every American boy. and
are slaves aud have so DO what they
are told 10 do. and eat what they
are told 10 eat. Freedom gone. hon
or gone. the love and respect OF
friends forfeited. there are hut few
men who are ever brave enough 10
live over such troubles. But boys,
II don't take long 10 get into the
pouitentiary. "a misstep or two and
the stripes have got YOU. / am told
that these conyicts attribute their
to three things: ist Bad
company. I'd Strong drink; 3rd.
Ungovernable tempers. Watch out
for them all boys. for they are pit
falls so easy to fail into. Now, un-
ierstand, | am not consuming the |
guards or anything of that kind, for |
( am told that they are always glad !
when the time of one Of the poor un- |
.ortunates is out. and always give |
hem good advice when they leave,
At Bardwell one was liberated and !
given suit of clothes and five dol |
lars. He went to Corsicana on the |
first train, got drunk and spent that
night in the calaboose. At first
thought this might be funny to some
hut on reflection his case becomes
pitiable. for no doubt when he was
a little boy at his mothers knee ne
was as good and innocent as my poY
or yours His self-respect Is gone
| that is an. and when that is gone all
! is gone. taught school for several
years and teachers always judge
their success by the success of their
pupils. Many of my boys and girls
are now holding honored positions in
life and | am proud Of them, for /
think perhaps that something that /
did for them helped TO make them
honorable But. there is another side
to the picture. four of my school
boys are now in the penitentiary 1t
would grieve me sorely if | thought
that anything ! ever did in anyway
contributed to their downfall In
Erath county. Adam Franklin rob
bed "a man and went over the road
for five years for it. After he was
convicted went to the jail 10 see
him but he told the jailer not to
admit me. He refused 10 see any
body. not even his father when ne
got out he went to the home of the
man who sworc against him, at
tempted 20 kin him. but the man
/ killed him In school never had "a
better boy He was unusually quiet
aud never gave me amy trouble AZ
. TumbuU, Iu This county, Bailey
Minis was pupil when taught
. there ilr Was 90 big boy and NOT 3d..
900 advanced Goo HIs Studies Hs vore
Nas $500 Boo mr VIfr. room 'H. .h.
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