The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-05


. neaserlY furnished flvsssde
have no fear bat that ~s shall
I @ehieyc literary excellence. rs a pcsa-
I piw. sometime. bur II IL certain
/ never 70 be thrust sp8a as until the
| tine II attack II made more easy
and more attractive
The eensihslliiea are reached
through tn. Influences shat elevate
/ society These arc aesthetic. social
moral What aesthetic conceptions
! csn come 20 one whose eyes. shea
he body wouid be- in rcpose. must
+ bod souia b. In rcpore must
( rsst upan sloN caravans of mud
"ntumherrd wagons moving labor
! iuusjy aud sometimes hopcIessly
from the cross roads to town. Now
way from one grassy fence corner TO
another in the vain effort go escape
/ a b0ttomles- mud hole reaching
/ home II may be with his sack Of
/ flour or of groceries dlsmally spIot
! ehel with mud and both horse and
same ~piattering mess
"Of social life there can be- but
/ little under such conditions aB these.
| Feminine functions must De abau
doned and even the store loafers are
unable 10 meet their appointments
with any regularity or precision.
NeighborhoOd gossip aud weightier
news must be held in abey auce.
pending spell of sunshine and
wind. II In some quarters the lack
OF good society needs 10 be lamented.
the plant OF Texas black lands
should be for any kind of society:
in most quarters there Is scarcely
enough 10 be worthy OF the name
It Is past belief that a people aggres-
siye and wide-awake should be will
ing to adopt the policy OF a neigh
boring state which cant Fix the roof
while il rains and does not think 1t
necessary when the weather is fair.
Besides. moral standards are sure
TO be higher in a country which cares
for its roads. Morbus Sabbaticus is
certain to overtake the head of a
house who can not take his family
to the local church without break
ing a hame-string or prying his left
hind wheel out of the mud with a
fence rail 1t is no eXaggeration 10
say that the divorce evil can be
greatly reduced by building good
roads whereby every cross grained
benedict can, upon stated occasions,
bring himself under influences that
iron the wrinkles and surh the pas
sions
''As surely as clear knowledge
and quickened sensibility lead 10
prompt yolition, so surely will
Astounding literature and helpful
society enrich citizenship. Here is
the real test of a well ordered will
The test proceeds along three lines,
economic, political. and domestic
The ycrieSt tyro in economies can
understand that prosperity which is
more or less spasmodic where there
are no permanent roadWays Will be
uniformly continued when il is pos
sihle al ali seasons 10 transport one S
products 10 the market and to buy
advartaeeously at the stores of his
country town. But good roads will
have more marked influence in
making impossible the type which
Markham has portrayed with such
severity in his Man with the Hoe.
II is not strange that one who tolls
under such depressing conditions
should become bowed with the
immigration To- this empire state
but IL must bo apparent that few citi-
zens of the most desirable qualities
coming from states which think
roads worth while viii be- willing
10 cast their lot %iih those OF us
who are content ,o ~allos indefinite
U.s. in our precious soil Both the
quantity and the quality of our i'm
migration can be- improved bv her
aldlus our state J~ the land uf good
roads
OuJ citizens NAV the none be cV-
p'ctcd lo du their duty politically 81
'hs iuius Of That duty Dee made yum-
pautiy,iF r3s1 ~ we would dtmin-
ish thy .I1t.uf home vote. there is
uu surr. .uad to susr,ss fhln us
nu.idtul . rosd Goo the lDii# The
1ddlessr- uf leaders oi our uwu lud
thv opposite uattt which maI us
ssiI suIfh the h,arins &il Sea uu
beard when fhe voter must .,"e tit
Nu, Ialuurh Wud and vateU
$500 H9f Ieasi of th, aids iav srJ
fbr enrichment of aur titu.uship
$3.50 H fauud Boa Ihy contribution af
uut utas fp mofr atle,tabie demts
fiO conditions tt is uot to ls aauirF
.i af It.f farw llfo aasr uot ...m "a.
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pusritIr fuf him trr4uruTit r1 .rash
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