The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-07-07
THE REVOLUTION OF THE OLD
FARM LIFE.

become a thing of tho past; Its grind
ing monotony has feen overcome.
and this has been accomplished by
the growth Of modern means of com
munication and convenicnces.
Every one of mature years reriom-
bors the time when information and
news was not to be had at the farm
except after great delay 1t is said
that Henry Clay did not know of his
defeat when he was a candidate for
the presidency until 4 week after the
results OF the election were known
at Washington and New York. The
news was brought to him on horse
back
To-day a candidate for a county of
flee, no matter how remote his home
may be from the city. generally
knows whether or not he has been
successful in his camMign before
midnight on election day.
When an event or any degree of
Importance is known to be about to
happen, the farmer by the use OF the
telegraph telephone, or rural mail
delivery learns Of the outcome with
practically the same celebrity as docs
the inhabitant of the city. And not
alone in matters of Importance has
| these conveniences with good roads
revolutionized the farm life but il
the ordinary happenings of humani-
ty, have they become potent factors
in serving the farmer. Should he OF
his family observe suspicious cha"
acters in the neighborhood, and be-
lieving their presence is dangerous,
summons the assistance of his neigh
bors or the services of the peace Of
ficer. II sudden sickness comes BY
night or by day, by the use of the
telephone he can quickly summons
aid and the physician. If it is advia-
able to have any socicl event. or an
assemblage of his neighbors that any
joint action may be. taken or con
ference be held as to subject that
needs consideration, the telephone
quickly summons all those who it Ia
desired should attend.
Again, in marketing his products,
the farmer finds the telephone most
useful This is particularly the case
in those sections where fruits and
vegetables are grown, BY the use of
the telephone n number of farmers
carry to town simultaneously, their
loads of merchandise, these together
filling such ears as the railroad may,
at the farmers request, have set out
by which their products will be for
warded to the market.
And so it is that the telephone in
farming life benefits the farmer in
many ways. caring for his safety, ha >.
piness and prosperity. That the far
mer of the southwest is realizing
this, is evidenced by the fact that
there is scarcely country road to-
day that has not upon 1t either rural
| free mail delivery or one or more far
| mers telephone lines, the poles Of
| ten carrying as many as ten or fiji
teen wires. One riding along the
| main country road will notice here
and there, branch leads from the
main line reaching off on the side
roads or across the fields, these car
| rying the wires to the farmers IN
| that direction.
| Statistics show that the growth OF
telephones among the farmers dur
| ing the past five years has been ire
mendous. Statements of the farmers
| themselves, are to the effect that
they prize their telephone as much
as they do their rurel delivery.
| Everyone recognizes that the stabili-
| ty of the country lies in the hands of
| those who live upon the farm. That
the farm has not been attractive in
| the past has been the subject of deep
| thought by humanitarians and states
men. That the farmer Is now hav-
ing more of the advantages and
| pleasures of life is one of the most
| encouraing factors of the day What
with the rural delivery. the teln-
J phone, the great improvement in our
| roads. and the many other modern
| factors which are entering farm
life, 1t Is not unreasonable to believe
that within the next few years the
tendencies OF the past may be revers-
ed and it may be found our people
| are seeking the farm rather than de-
| string to leave it.
There are many corporations, pri-
waite ownerships and individuals TO-
day engaged In the business of sup
| plying the telephone needs to the
southwest. They. one and all, should
receive such encouragement as their
! energy, courage and capital invested
warrants. While the providing for
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