The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-22
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state, that when man on the earth
appeared the prince of darkness call
ed his ministering spirits about his
throne and thus addressed the hid
eous throng: "The one among you
who will go to earth and prompt
man to acts nearest in harmony with
the discord of hell shall forever be
here next in authority to me-" No
sooner had this decree been deliver
ed than every attribute of darkness
and sin began to invent
such vile thoughts for man as their
respective capacities could contrive.
He'll for a time almost tenantless
was and men had no peace. The con-
| test was as fast and furious as the
present conflict between Tom and
Bob for the Texas governorship.
| Drunkenness, gambling, lying of the
common brand, theft. burglary, ar
son, graft, deceit, robbery, murder,
outrages and as they thought, the
| whole category of crime were report
| ed by one and another and all but
two of the host had returned. It
seemed that they had reformed or
| gotten lost. When hope of their re-
| turn had about fled, one of the two
| returned with an account of the mis-
chief wrought by the obstruction of
woman's virtue. The devil heard him
with pleased countenance and at the
conclusion of the story of the deceit
any lying necessary in the process OF
| so wrecking character was about to
! grant a place at his right hand for
| the successful contestant, when the
| last of his emissaries returned with
what seemed at first sight very
simple contrivance, just an organ
of the human body. When he pre-
scented it to his master the waiting
host joined in a laugh SO discordant
and grating that the doors on the
hinges creaked. But when the re-
turned spirit explained that he had
brought with him a slanderous ton
que and freely explained its work
ings, his master into a deep study
went and could not decide whether
he or the inventor of seduction was
entitled to the seat of honor. 1t Is
said that the decision has never
been reached as to which was the
| winner in the contest. Each has his
partisans and between the factions
| the hosts are kept in as great tur-
MOL as are terrestrial beings by the
eternal agitation of question l
could name The devil, it seems, can
1 decide at least what are the twin
evils while we of earth are melting
out punishment for such minor
crimes as theft and murder and let
ting the slanderer and the seducer.
the arch enemies of society, go prac-
tically unpublished.
Leaving Waxahachie on Tuesday
| morning, | took dinner with J. M.
Alsup on Midlothian l and rested
while. Mr.. Alsup Is a good farmer
and takes lively and intelligent in
terest in public affairs. Night coming
on just after had been to M. A. Nc
Clelland's peach orchard and had a
good cool drink I rounded In at r.
B. Reeves and spent the night. ]. A.
Roberts, on Midlothian / was plant
| ing June corn, was about finishing /
believe forty acres. l found Mr.. and
Mrs c. j. Morgan in the field. There
was painter at the house putting on
coat of paint. J. J. Stamper, Mid
| lothian business man placed his
| name on my list. placed my feet
under the table at Mrs. M. T. Young's
popular boarding houses and she
placed her name on my list. 1t is a
good place to get fed. F. M. Cren-
shaw was painting his buggy, that Is
+! he was cleaning 1t and his daughter
| was doing the painting. l met w. T.
| Mason there and he Will now get the
| F.Uterrrise on No 3. Midlothian. On
| toward Brlttoh !! found A. H. Jestis
| taking his ease and watching the
crops grow. He had pretty good
! shower few Gays before and crops
were looking well. On Midlothian 5
Mrs. w. c. Davis was visiting her
parents at Waxahachie and Mr.. D.
was not very well. Mrs. J. s. Bobbitt
was visiting her parents, MI and
Mrs Frank Wi son at Ike. patched
viii, j. S. and the ccys and had q
good time. Mr.. Bobbitt is good far
mer and has great faith In the far
mers winning In their fight for bet
ter cotton prices. l hope they may.
At the residence of c. ]. Jackson
found two pound boys who moved
into the neighborhood on the 18th.
At Wyatt l found a protracted meet
| ing In progr ,ss under the auspices
of the Baptist people. ] stopped and
heard a sermon by the pastor OF the
Venus church. There had been sew
eral professions and a church or
ganized / took dinner with Mr.. and