The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-02-03

my money so | got rid of it. But l
do not enjoy having to show my pass
when | go to cast my vote and | do
not believe any other self-respecting
gentleman reIishes having to fish up
his receipt.
Some one asked me to write an
| article on the life and character of
Abraham Lincoln. SO here goes. Abra
! ham Lincoln was born in Kentucky
one hundred years ago. If he had
| lived until now he would have been
pretty old He was without early ed
ucational advantages but had great
big strong mind and established
reputation for honesty and | presume
| was as honest as the average politi-
clan and possibly little more so.
| Having been born and raised poor
and never having owned slave adj
| ded to the further fact that he cast
| his lot in free state, he eSpouSed
| the cause of the abolition of SLAYER
| cry In 1860 became the candidate
of that party for president. The DEM
ocratic party, true to its traditions
and history since that time split all
| to pieces and put two or three tick
| cts in the field. | forget which and
! have not the time to look it up, and
he was elected. Only another In
/ stance where the weak forces won
because the stronger ones divided.
do not think one human being
ever had right to hold another in
bondage, but have never got it out
/ Of my head that there was anything
| wrong in secession Except thatAit cost
a lot of bloodshed and failed. 1t is a
fortunate element in human nature
that most of us after we have done
our best to carry a point and fail
will sit down and think it over and
then say, well probably | was wrong.
| That is the reason so many old sol
diers who wore the gray are so we'll
reconciled to the result. | could write
an article on Lincoln that would be
conventional and after the latest and
most approved pattern but | prefer
to tell the truth-hence in conclus-
ion will say that he was pretty
good man, strong Intellectually,
knew how to- handle men, conse-
quently was a leader, happened to be
| in active life at time when some
| thing was doing. Nevertheless was
nothing but man. Hero worship is
/ one of the worst forms of idolatry
and / have never taken any stock In
lit.
Il v. A. Davis on Red Oak told me
one day last week he got twelve
| bales of cotton from ten acres OF
| land. o. M Bruce on Waxahachie
weighed from As to SO bushels OF
corn to the acre. H. c. McCarter of
Forreston has shipped some Maben
cotton seed from Georgia. Henry Is
an enterprisjng business man and Is
to be congratulated on getting good
4 seed for whatsoever we SOW that shall
We also reap and the Maben cotton
makes about the largest bolls | have
seen and / am told the lint yield is
fine. | heard a farmer say the lint
yield over other cotton was enough
to pay for picking.) P. S. ] am not
dealing in cotton seed.) Miss Lula
Turner of Henrietta, is visiting In
| the Howard community She reports
the Ellis countians as doing well.
H learned last night that the Waxaha-
II chic Nursery company had contracted
with 35 men to travel this year. 1t
Is pity there are not more enter
prises here employing men.
| met Mrs w. s. Robinson Of En-
mis- some time ago. She told me to
tell her husband next time | saw
him to subscribe for the paper. So
| met that jolly, handsome knight
of the grip last Monday and as a
dutiful husband should, he proceed
ed to do her bidding.
II B. f. McCarter, one Of Howard s
substantial citizens. was in town and
made good for one year. AT For
reston Tuesday morning | met and
re-enlisted w. j. Smith, superintend-
ant of the Sims farm near Italy. Out
on Forreston / / found T. l.. Miles
hitching up to go to Nash, l took
his money away from him and a seat
H In his buggy At Nash | met Cyrus
B. Woodring, a prosperous young
4 planter on Waxahachie 6, and
1 renewed him. w. S. Cox on
Waxahachie 6 was busy putting up
land. Mrs Cox says he does not
1 think Of anything but raising cot
ton, but he sent the paper to his IA
Their G.. Cox at Good Springs, Tenn.
Il e. r. Crutcher, on Waxahachie g.,
was hauling In load Of corn, but
stopped and treated me nice and he
I and Mrs. G invited me to stay for
/ dinner. j. w Harvflle on Waxaha-
! chic was laid up from the effects
I or a strain few days before. His
son, H. j. Haryille. was breaking
land. it beinh Hear the noon hotT,
| he took out and / took dinner with
] him and his estimable wife. He too