The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-13


cause of our salubrious climate. that
this institution is necessary TO the
health OF the whole state. Represen-
tative Grinstead is a newspaper man,
being the editor of the Mountain
Sun of Kerrville and he made great
speech when he brought his bill up
for passage 10 engrossment.
The Ienkins-Wolfe juvenile court
bill as we'll as some other bills deal
ing with the care of hayward ana
criminal children have passed en-
grossment. The purpose OF these
bills is TO deal with these children
according TO best methods, 10 pre-
vent their being brought up as hard
ened criminals The views OF Judge
Lindsey, the famous juvenile court
Judge of Denver. Colo. have been IN
corporated in this legislation.
The text book bin has been argued
TO some extent in both houses. 1t Is
being sought to make the law pro-
viding for uniform text books, apply
only to those cities and towns nav
ing a population OF less than ten
thousand inhabitants.
This looks like running the uni
formitv business in the ground. In
litiative and experimentation are
necessary TO constant progress IN the
schools having studies of the higher
! GRADES and something. ought TO be
| left to the thoughtful care or the
| teachers. In the big city schools
with their heterogeneous populations
special provisions must be made lo'
local conditions and in such school'
esprit de corps among teachers
highly necessary to prevent desehei
alton. and cast iron rule resfdln
books in such schools will destro
this spirit.
Leaving out all other considera
lions. it seems good thing not tt
tie up the whole state with a single
book concern 1t is said these con-
tracts with the state are highly prof
| liable to the book publishers ana
| T have been informed that some
wears ago one concern offered 1ortS
thousand dollars for the contract 10
srpplv the schools outside or the
cities with population OF ten
thousand The state government IL
dishing into the control OF local al
fairs lust a little bit too much.
The Baskin liquor bill passed en-
grossment in the house ana the
amendment of Speaker Love proVld-
ing for a uniform high license was
defeated. as it ought 10 have peen.
Its adoption would have been III dl-
rect violation of all the sclentlilc
knowledee we have concerning
methods of taxing the liquor traiilc
to reduce the evils thereof. Under
the uniform plan if person loon
ont license to sell liquors he wouio
have 10 take out one TO sell All
kinds, whereas. under the system now
in force in this state and most Oh
tho other states and in all European
countries, person is permitted 10
take out a license To sell beer only
which contains a very small amount
of alcohol. about three per cent
whereas whisky. brandy and uthef
spirituous liquor contains from M
| ~ Ia sixty per cent and are the pfln-
cipal producers of drunkenness ana
debauchery.
I'm connection with legislation reg
lulating the traffic tu liquor ] Wish
ito call the attention at the people oi
Texas To- the law passed by the
itw.nty.uiuth legislature which per
mifs "a most damuabl" iraiiicinv with
ttbe public health The law ] refer 20
permits drinks f0 Boz sold at sods
fountains ,v,ryvhes" Geo ."niain
/ auautlti,s of opium morphine. eo-
Ieaiuo and thloul Thr law passed d,
I,he Twenty-uirth legislature .p~stal-
Il, p.rmits rhis Ind 3 sm informed
tthat r.rgv soda fountain .u TeNas
has uu Esd. .eou Jriukf. which are
sold in aus quantity rp uables even.
Efbaf contain fnves Iuslduo1s DRUGS
I Thr desiI~ for fhoss narcotics has
is..~u formrd hs thousands ~ rhiisFen
sim are constantly aFiuktmE these
supposed hsrmisss. tpuosss ions u
uhv4irian Nho aas far ugwi~F -
years fhr sspeftuf ruisut uf ons e
our msanu ass iums 04H as believed
a. are rsisinE up "a sraefaften ~ COZ
ratns inflicted minds &hn aust "a
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ena ln an fasane asylum sleohol
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) sirus bzf th~rv can - ~ 1oF~ '"-
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