The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-22

| ter. II the president is weak and
firmness is absent, the soul takes
full control and murder, arson,
seduction, ano outrage, a noble self
sacrifice, a fanatical effort to pro-
mote some fancied good, or an ev-
eryday generous deed or act OF
meanness will result.
The soul is that Intangible, in
definable, much discussed, yet not
understood ps;wer within us when
prompts all the goodness and all
meanness of the human race. In
proper proportion to the mind it
Is that softening, refining influ-
ence which bears about the same
relation to the judgment that an
Gent writers attribute to equity
with reference to the common law.
would like to state, though, by
way of parenthesis that in mod
ern times the equity powers of the
courts are mainly invoked by the
strong to restrain the weak until
the soldiers can arrive on the
scene. Mind and soul should be
co-workers, the one should not act
without the cooperation of the
other If the one or the other
predominates the result is a badly
balanced human being. All soul
and little mind makes an enthus-
last, a fanatic and ultimately a
lunatic. All mind and little or no
soul produces a cold, calculating
human machine. A miser, a ty-
rant, an autocrat devoid of hui
man sympathy, a social outlaw.
The immortality or mortality OF
the soul is another branch of the
subject and l will leave it for some
one else or for future discussion.
This Popularity Contest for the
Light and Enterprise has about
destroyed my popularity. did
not go out after them last week,
so am short on personals. Satur-
day Young Below gave me sub
scription for It. J. Brumley of Ar
lington 4. Mrs. d. J. Taulbee and
Mrs. M. Poulter were here Satur-
day from near Howard. They or
one of them must have said some
thing to cause me to mention their
visit. j. R. Splawn who spent
some time in New Mexico has re-
turned to Ellis county and is farm
ing on Ennis 4 this year. Satur-
day evening I started to drive Sc
lin and Beck out to Sterrett to
the candidate speaking. Before I
got outside the corporate limits,
Ed Hosford came along and,
though | was no stranger. took
me in his buggy and nearly to my
destination. / found the candi-
dates glad to see everybody and in
good hunor generally. This res
calls what I said last week about
candidates. 1t would save a lot
of time and worry and I believe
result in better public service If
the people called their servants in
stead of the servants calling them.
Sterrett has taken up the social
center movement. AS conse-
quence majority of the communi-
ty men. women, boys and girls
were congregated at the school,
house. They rendered nice lit
tie program which was enjoyed
by all and / am sure none attended
who were not benefited. After
the arduous tolls of the week.
they donned clean attire, came to-
gether for good time and l am
sure had it. I am sure there are
scores of communities in Eliis
county and thousands in the state
as capable of such organization as
the people of Sterrett and | sin
cerely hope to see every schooi
house in the state occupied at least
once week by a throng of peo-
pie bent on mutual aid, self-im-
provement and the enjoyment and
development of their social in
stincts, or to refer back to my in
troductory article, to the cultiva-
tion and development of soul.
BILL cox,