The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-09
By BILL COX.


of the great NaZarene to sustain his
yagaries He would besmirch the
golden streets of the new Jerusa-
lem or adopt the Vaccinations or
the devil to accomplish his purpose,
A pretended Christian he consorts
with the lowest type of politicians
pretended counsellor of him who
counselled obedience to the powers
that be, he would dictate the policy
of states A disciple Of the Prince
of Peace he dispenses readv-made
hades and destruction. Usually he
is reasonably sane until his hobby
is mentioned and then his eyes spar
kle, his nerves twitch and the holy
show begins in all its splendor. The
only remedy | can suggest is that
YOU all keep close watch on your
selves When you disco 'er tat the
mind is dwelling more than casu-
ally upon some subject not imme-
diately connected with your business
or personal or family interest, drop
if at once for the best of us are not
any too well balanced under our
hats and the road from sanity to
bug house is a short one. Many
/ crazy fanatic could have been saved
to honor and decency had they noted
! the signs of the malady in time to
, take the necessary pracaution.
| w f. Jones, one of the most jov-
! ial men of the county, who has
! passed the 18th mile post on life's
| highway and who is now and always
has been a good citizen, was here |
Monday and renewed. O. A. Finley, |
one time county commissioner, and !
public spirited citizen, was also
in town and got good. T. J. Lloyd,
an old timer down at Nash, | sup
pose a native, seemed really thank
full when | told him of the condition
of his subscription w. H Rains, &
good citizen of Midlothian 4, gave
me some coin My boyhood friend,
W NJ. Mcclellan, gave me a lift on
he rent A F. Edwards, son of
Bait Edwards, has gone to Fort
Worth to attend the Polytechnic col
ege j. L. Gillette, the jovial black
NTH of Rocket, was here last Tues
lay night and attended the show =
t the Airdome | have been there =,
everal times and always felt that
got the worth of my money.
Wednesday ! went to Forreston T
here l first encountered A, V. Y,
'rull, the tonsorial artist of the is
lace, and also a dispenser of good +;
old drinks. n. B. Newton, the
aading druggist of the town, was o
he first to get on my list on the n
9th of October, 1907 | got him a
again W j and R L. Hamlin to- a
gether renewed the subscription of
their father, w. r. Hamlin, on
route 3. Pulaski, Tenn. ! found V.
r. Adkins busy at the back of the
meadow building fence He is al
ways busy and his business always
shows the effects Mrs C. W. Hamp- :
ton told me her son John would f.
loon graduate from medical
chooI somewhere north. have for
often where. He attended the
sxas medical school three years r,
d is adding another year. He says
does not intend to stop until he As
al have studied in Germany Mr.
d Mrs W. D. Smithwick We're ella
ng visited by Mrs. SIS parents, ed
and Mrs Solomon Ka
IN my way to Italy found II ere
Ward picking cotton, He was sch
a good humor. said his Hamp- boz
re hogs We're doing well. I wrote the
name and the amount on my bet
ok Down al Italy 7 spent the
sht with my old friends and neigh by
rs, Mr.. and Mrs John McWhirter. an
,eir son-in-law and daughter, Mr., m;
I'd Mrs Frank Craig live down at ra
near Eddy They wrote back de
lat their youngest boy two years ar
d can swim already laws about
forget TO mention the good din
err took with DIR and Mrs. w c. .
ation on Wednesday.
Thursday I rolled over to Avalon -
/, l.. Bailey from Forreston 3 came
dong on load of cotton and threw .
ne a dollar That is what makes
ne say ! knew all the time he was
A good fellow ] j. Riddle was
over at the back of the field picking
cotton. NJ. Starky has purchased
ldhU IN nan county anu lliNNthN' NO.
ing there next year, His friends
will be sorry to see him go but OF
course wish him we'll w 5. Nc
Kimm, a jolly, prosperous grocery
merchant, called me to him and
was glad | went. Mrs Kittie Klein
ningham was at home and very
cheerully gave me a renewal
On my way bacy to Italy ! met
] f. Feaster, who made good. j. \. /
Pittman had gone TO Fort Worth TO /
see a sick grand-child but Mrs. 7. Z
and the children were at home and /
gave me a good supper. After sup
per | went to Stay school house
where / made very impressive fra
ternal talk for the Ancient Order OF
Samaritans, / mean it impressed me.
Burnett Stay took me home with
him, where I found Mrs. $. and the