The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-11

TIVE PROGRAM IS CHANGED


Nhra fhe Pathfinder SOD th. a.
hl'c fe ft. Dug foog uaa. iaf
reached iaacaae Has Houiae a.
1888 O'Clock her, ras delegation
Of Waaahstaie peopIe beaded r
juaee % = Dunlap taurs a.
ecicomlHe committee Ha ihe HH
'oont} portion of the joaust
iued up GOA either slide of the
road oifh fars ntue aad baunan
WaNue thr Waxahaehe folk case I
the elad hand as soon a. fn, afnefaf
car came io stop oH the streets af 4
Lancaster Ten cars we're needed t5 4
bring thc WaNahachic people fo THAI 1
meeting point These were Geores I
w Coleman iu Rambler o. 1
! Pierce in Rambler } G. Cubertsan I
I n a Rambler, Judge uuulau n /
a kissei kar IS g. spaIdine in "a I
kissel kgr. miller In Buiek. /
Ernest Hines iu Buick. j. 81 /
George la "a Columbia, H. Is Erwin 1
in Cadillac and George ~ Me /
/ Knight la an Oldsmobile.
Among those in the party were /
Geo. " Coleman. president of the /
Commercial Club Roy Conually /
secretary of the Commercial club. /
and Mayor Prince
The order OF arrival of the Path
| finders was the official car. the
Buick Model q IN the lead. occupied
by Robert }. Potts, associate profess
sor in charge Of the division of high
way engineering of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College; J + Witt.
county engineer OF Dallas G. l..
Cade. assistant county engineer of
Dallas, and James Hayes Quarles,
department Of journalism of the A
& Nj College, with r. G.. Langley
driver. Next came the Buick Mode
10, occupied by J Fred Smith o
Celina and Col. j. H. Hawley o
Galveston, manager OF the Gull
Coast Good Roads association, and
driven by John Locker The next
car was the Maxwell 80 driven by
| Wilbur o. Beatty, and occupied by
| NJ. A. Saxsteder. former president OF
! the Dallas Automobile Dealers AS
ISOLATION, and George w Baker,
| president OF the Texas Automobile
Association and OF the Dallas Auto
mobile club The fourth car was a
Brush runabout, occupied by } n
l.. c. English, farmer Of Celina,
Texas. and Walter Russell Of Celina. (
MIR. English is Feature.
The presence of MI English win 7
his Brush runabout is a feature OF /
the good roads tour He is prosper I
GUS farmer of Celina, Texas, and Is |
one of the strongest advocates OF I
good roads in the state with ms I
little Brush he has started out TO I
make the entire trip of thousand (
miles from the Red river to the CUR {
and back again Modest, unassumlhg {
and quiet, he attracts attention only !
when the gentlemen of the party 4
point him ont to the people along I
the route That he is farmer ne /
shows in every part OF his makeup, (
and that he is a farmer who hlmseil
tolls on his farm is clearly shown !
There is no veneer that is brought /
about by prosperity that is his lie
could nut on some" with the money
he controls, but he prefers the quiet /
unassuming way. lie does not al
ways keep up with the party IN ms
runabout When the Buick and 'Ne
Maxwell start out ON long stretch (
at the rate OF thirty miles an hour /
he falls behind, but later on he !
catches up when stop is made and
plugs along with the crowd
Ellis County Is Reached
With the Waxahachie cars leading
the way, the touring party left Lam
caster for Waxahachie Crossing the
Ellis county line the Pathfinders
ran into the work of a road improve
ment district Ellis county has issued
$3.50, 900 in good road bonds one
hundred miles OF road have been
paved in the county and there are
to be one hundred and fifty more
paved The stretch of road that was
encountered by the party this morn
| ing is eight miles. There are a nun
dred teams at work and the IN
proyement is being pushed as fast
| as possible This eight miles is be-
| ing built to connect WIN SIX nilles
| of fine macadam pike that leads dl-
rectly into the town Of WaXahachie'
Leaving Waxahachie the Pathfinders
went over nine miles OF well con-
structed road Fourteen miles are
ia be built TO this nine miles golhB
| -. no nm county line.
The stay at Waxahaehie was MADE
very pleasant for the VISITORS "nu
there we're a large number on t,e