The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-22

'ihe lathcr being killed and son dan
gcIoJsly wounded, The only excuse
these rangers gave was that they
were on The lookout for a bad man
and mistook the farmer ana his son
for their game Giving them the
full benefit OF their explanation
about the mildest name for their
deed is that it was cowardly assassi-
nation, for there is no writ known
to Texas law by the provision of
which an officer is permitted TO shoot
the party without giving him an OPP
portunity 10 peacefully surrender.
1t is possible that the time was
in the history of the development Of
the state of Texas that the ranger
vas useful as a chaser of Comanches
and border bandits, but as a civilz-
ed commonwealth Texas has long
since DOTTED her swaddling clothes
and is now in the full strength of
young manhood capable of favorable
comparison with the most enlighten-
ed and law-abiding component parts
of old Epluribus Unum. | do not be-
lieve there is community within
the borders of this young empire so
far behind in the march of civiliza-
ton that there may not be found
enough laws biding. moral citizens
to demand and obtain through the
medium of their local officers the
= restraint of the lawless. If ! am mis-
taken in this | still maintain that it
is better to suffer an occasional negro
crap game than to place a commun-
ity at the mercy or an appointed
coward who feels no responsibility
to the vicinity where he operates.
} At this time in our history the ran
ger service is an insult to our local
municipalities and a menace TO the
democratic doctrine of local self
government Down with the ranger
, service
Brethren, from now until next
selection of members of the legisla-
{ ture suppose we make it our bust
e. ness TO demand of our representa-
. tives a pledge to work for the abol-
4 ition of the Texas ranger.
81 j. r. Wharton of Guymon, Okla.
,, wrote a good letter. 1t is gratifying
: for us to know that there are those
20 in other lands who keep an eye on
the doings of Ellis county. Mr..
? Wharton asks, who is Bill Cox"
= I suppose / will have to answer as
I no one else will take the trouble to
> do so Bill Cox was more or less
70 known in Ellis county for twenty
years as a kind of iackleg lawyer,
, WAC signed his name w. e. Cox. He
r. had some of the early opportunities
. of greatness, was born in a log cabin
: like Lincoln, rode a horse to mill
like Henry Clay, studied by the light
of the fire like Tilman, lived on
|, sweet milk ana crackers in his early
professional life like Garfield, in
, school got reasonably good educa-
+ ton and for few years was as dis
sipated as Gen, Grant, has filled a
4 minor officers, was challegened by
? an antagonist not long since to come
out into the open and compare char
1 acters but seeing that neither char
a acter would be useful for any other
5 purpose than to occupy nook in
the freak department of museum
, declined the contest | do not know
z why he has never amounted to much
I in the world unless because of the
a fact that there is not quite enough
a of him to go far.
! w. T. Owens and children were
busy picking cotton. He said some of
his crop was tolerably good for the
season. VIII Hooks, colored, was
! looking at some nice pigs on Forces
ton 3. VIII Carson was gone to Italy
: but his wife gave me the money. d.
d. Films on Italy was covering his
, cotton seed pen. Mrs. Kittie Klein
bingham said she sometimes thought
of dropping the paper but did not
| see how she could do without It,.
She Is safe for one year. r. b. Nor
ris, one Italy 2, was little blue on
: account of short crops but was kind
= to me. Getting In a buggy with
George Piper we drove over to Oil
!. yer COUGHS where / got him as
J recruit At Avalon / met w. r. Jett,
reading man and good farmer on
Italy 2, B. F. Morris has moved his
stock of goods to the Hal Hale stand
; and looks comfortable and prosper
Gus. AS I walked up he was reading
, daily paper. He looked up and
, said, bill, l am trying to find out
J which one of these fellows told the
biggest lie about the north pole I
don't believe either one of them has
!, been there" Coming back to the
residence Of that widow at Forces
ton l spent the night. Starting out
. naxf morning met 7 TT Ravpo1dq