The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-03
FROM THE FIELD.

because OIL LnelT lamentations over
the sins of the world real or fan
cied. One of the strongest cases at
point was a fellow standing on the
street the other day looking at slot
machine, where you drop the price
of a cigar in the slot, pull a knob,
get your cigar and walk off and en-
JOY yourself He looked at the con-
trivance with kind Of Il have
the cramp collie" expression
in his face and said, that thing
will very likely be in operation on
Sunday and it is a shame" AS soon
as l heard him l went around the
corner~and wept bitterly, for in my
mind / heard the lost soul of that
poor deluded machine throughout
ceaseless eternity disconsolately
crying lost! lost! lost. The thought
is enough to wiring tears from pin
ey woods razor back Oh! Lord, ar
rest the mad career of that wicked
machine May it turn from its down
ward course before it is eternally
too late Seriously, that fellow was
an imperative concept of the worst
type and in addition thereto would
deprive the race from the enjoy
ment of any thing he does not use
publicly. He and lot of others who
are waging a relentless war on the
privileges of others will, If not
checked, not only destroy the slot
machine but will go further and say
we shall throw aside our pipes,
guilds and cigars. The tobacco habit
is admittedly bad one but you son
OF gun, what is it your business
whether we use 1t or not. Referring
back to the Sabbath question, you
little tad pole, If you will examine
the book from which you imagine
you get your authority and the
teachings of what is considered the
leading moral teacher OF the ages
you will find where he made the
statement to some Of your kind
and not man for the Sabbath.
Bud, sometime when you can spare
the time from trying to restrain
others from exercising their God
given right to do as they please as
long as they do not infringe on the
rights of others, If you will take
down your bible and read it careful
ly you will find that you and others
of your ilk improved on its moral
teachings very much. II you find it
too far behind your advanced posi-
tion we will try to have . conven-
ton called and have the old thing
amended or throw 1t aside and adopt
your code.
.--a-~ Es><sa~ Hlght thinking man and
woman, whether christian or not,
believes in good morals and the gol-
den rule, but there are many who
like to be their own judges and es-
pecially kick ut being driven by a
lot OF dispeptic imperative con-
cepts with their eyes SO close togeth-
er that fly can get on their nose
and paw one eye with the fore foot
and kick out the other one with his
hind foot.
l am sorry, but feel called upon
to deliver a little lecture to my for
MGR friends. Some Of you report
yoar crops worse than they are be-
Cause you feel blue. Others report
them worse than they are because
you. get the idea that your report
may effect the market. And some of
you got your back up \ few weeks
ago because a reporter for the En-
terprise~ reported fine prospect for
a crop when you knew the report
was true &Ihd that conditions chSnged
before you got your paper. You
ought not to give wrong reports for
all you and the Enterprise both can
tell would not effect the market. II
every cotton raiser in the United
States should report the crop condi-
sAOAA' - VOuAA AOL 6ACCI SAC H3E A0tt
for there are men constantly going
over the country examining crops
and reporting, and they are exp1fts.
So az we cannot. affect the market
let us begin right now to tell the
truth. for II we get In the habit of
incorporating one thing we are
liable to get untruthful about other
things. So here goes. will tell the
truth IL you will.
Talking about cotton reminds me
that the cotton season IL onSus ana
that 1t Is probable that the Eiiis
county cotton raisers must pay local
buyers from $4,000 to $4,000 to
handle the crop In addition to that
every individual who handles 1t from
the time 1t leaves the gin until 1t !
reaches the spinner must have his
per cent. Cotton buyers are general |
ly good follows. but 1t Is to be hoped |
that the farmers may succeed In |