The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
FROM TIE FIELD.

| We who do not teach are probably
not the best judges, but there are
great many who think that the dis
missal of school for a whole week
! for the teachers institute is a need
/ less waste of time and many which
should be devoted to the teaching of
our children. Some oppose the teach
ers drawing their pay during the
time they attend the institute, such.
I think, are wrong for the law should
never make any act of any citizen in
volving the loss of time or the in
| touring of expense a duty without
providing for due compensation. 1t
seems to a large per cent of the 1aity
that a normal training while attend
! ing school and summer normals
ought to sufficiently equip teach
ers for few months teaching with
out taking them from their labor
| for the institute grind.
| What / started to say though was
that | witnessed the opening of the
Ellis county teachers institute in the
county court room this morning and
| listened to, not the burning elo
quence, but the melifluent words of
viii Hancock which gently fell like
a honey dew upon the ears of his
audience. Wills oratory would be
, like a lullaby were it not for the in
terest his logic awakens. There were
assembled about two hundred teach
ers, all earnest and eager to grasp
|, the full meaning of every thought.
The men ranging from the callow
faced youth just taking the first peep
over the threshold of life's rough
and tortuous highways to the silver
haired sage whose benevolent face
shows a life spent for the good of
the race A characteristic body of
versatile American manhood, body
of men who can lead the budding
mind of childhood up the hill of
science, with pillow and hoe force
mother earth to give up the choicest
products, brave the hardships of the
frontier, storm a fortress or fall down
in the deepest humiliation in the
presence of Jehovah.
! The women were young and young
er, beautiful, more beautiful and
most beautiful, black eyed brown
eyed and blue eyed, with fair faces
and soft hands, so gentle. SO modest,
in prosperity seemingly helpless, but
they are American women, not the
heroines OF cheap fiction but real
live, energetic American women,
mans natural partner They would
scream at the sight of a mouse and
tdisplay the courage of Mollie Stark
in real danger They possess the
same spirit of the mothers and
daughters of the revolution. They
shrink from the thought of any
1or,, mt tho
slums to rescue a loved one. Oh.
we'll they are women, real true wom-
en- and that is the highest tribute
know Of that can be paid any one.
With this body of men and women
for leaders our children's training is
safe. could say more but this
ought to be sufficient to get every
teacher in the county on my list
Last week / think 1 forgot to men
ton the fact that l had taken dinner
with my friend, Joseph Keyworth
and family. Mr.. keyworth says
was the first man he met after he
came to the country. l have hereto
fore forgotten to mention that
spent the night of the 26th of De-
cember with Jim Fleming and fam
lily near Howard and Jim is good
fellow and always enjoys life. ! give
this item at this time because Jim s
time will soon be out and | do not
want him to think ! have sighted
him.
First on my list for last week APP
Ipears the name of A. J. Charles, who
farms on Waxahachie d. D. II. Gross
on Waxahachie 3 acted as correspon-
den5 for Buena Vista for time but
ixL l,;x,
me dollar. Mrs. R. Stovall from
/ Waxahachie 2 was in town and gave
me a dollar. She said they could not
keep house without the Enterprise,
Tor words to that effect Tuesday
lmorning boarded the train for En-
mis-, where Fate Noel at the J. d.
Burr Lumber company, gave me
some more note books. Leaving
/ there | got back on Palmer / and
spent the night with J. W. Burleson.
I While at Ennis however / met Mr..
and MIS- H. ]. Hodge from .Bardwell
/ No ! They had buggy load of
4 goods. Leaving Mr. Burleson | got
Jon Ennis 3. The first man / met was
4 l.. Rife and got him right. J. w. Hill
/ was picking cotton. Robbing him |
(, passed up toward Boyce where |
4 found viii Patton turning under the
ithickest lot of prickly pears
"A ever saw. Walter Jones and wife
got out to the end of the row as |
ipassed and ! held him up. j found
| w. S. Little in the back field pick
! ing cotton. l went back and took
dinner with him and family, had
| pleasant chat and went to the resi-
dence of w H. Shaw. He had re-
turned from the Fair that morning
and had gone to the Garrett gin. l
followed and met him near town,
getting all l asked of him | went to
| the gin where they are doing good
business. Starting back toward Boyce
by the southern route, j. A. Camp
bell ordered the Enterprise and Dali
las News. From thence | went to
Boyce and spent the night with
friends. withhold names at their
request and | don't blame them for
not wishing everyone to know the
company they sometimes keep.
Starting out Thursday morning
Grandma Dahnke had me send the
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