Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-22

date for governor Of this common
wealth.
The affairs of the day were In charge
of Rev. Father Hickman, the only
Catholic priest in the city, who is
known and beloved by all the people
Of Texas. This reverend gentleman is
a power for advancement. For ten
years he has conducted a free night
school, where boys are given an oppor-
tunity to do better and advance.
Enferprising City of Waco
A hundred automobiles were waiting
at the citation at Waco when the edi-
tors special pulled in. 1t vas a very
welcome welcome-enough autos to go
around.
The gueots were taken over to Bay
Tor University and assembled 10 the
chapel. Here they were entertained
by addresses, songs. music, college
yells and editorial yells.
A drive In automobiles I'VE the city
followed, which was highly enjoyed.
At $50 the party was taken to the
Cotton Palace, where a banquet was
served, accompanied by the usual
flights Of oratory.
After dinner the delegates and
friends were taken over to the Coli
scum, where they were entertained by
a high class musical rendition, given
by students of the Paul Quinn college,
a Methodist educational institution for
negroes.
We were surprised at the size and
commercial importance and the beauty
of Waco. It reminded us of the beau
tifnl towns of the middle states.
SOMETHING ABOUT WACO
Waco is a city Of approximately
40, 900 population and is located In the
geographical center of the state.
Within a radius Of 100 miles of Waco
one-third of the cotton crop of the
state is produced and within the same
radius live one-third of the people of
the state. Waco is the county seat Of
McLennsn county, which county
stands third In Texes in the produc-
ton of cotton. In the middle of the
city stands a single skyscraper, a %
story building, an object that the visi-
tor will remember as 1t towers high
above the other city buildings.
The city Is the home of Baylor. Uni
versity, an institution of higher educa-
ton, maintained by the Baptist Gen.
eral Convention of Texas. The insti-
tuition Is at the head of the correlated
school system, which includes twelve
academies located In various parts of
the state, which are constantly pre-
pairing students for the university at
Waco. The student body, which
numbers more than 1900, embraces all
branches of the sciences and art in
letters and theology. The university
was founded at Independence, in
Washington county, Texas, during
the days OF the Republic Of Texas, and
later was moved to Waco. Other edu-
cational advantages of Waco are mum
erous private schools, a convent of the
Catholic church, two great business
colleges and a local public school sys-
tenn that includes every part of the
city, maintaining a high efficiency in
it's teaching force and a curriculum
that includes advanced instruction.
Located also In Waco is Paul Quinn
college, an institution for the educa-
ton Of the colored youth Of the state,
of both sexes. At this institution in
struction is given in practical things,
the industrial branches being taught
to both boys and girls. This instruc-
tion extends also to farming, twenty
acres being devoted to this instruction
in cultivation and production. The
institution gets the support Of the
white people of the community and
the good feeling existing between the
races was exemplihed by the fact that
a lot of singers from the negro school
were called on by the people of, Waco
to provide some of the entertainment
for the National Editorial Association.
T RAILROAD FACILITIES
Trunk line railroads radiating to all
parts Of the state, with direct trains
through to other states, furnish excel
lent transportation facilities for the
city. Under the mileage basis of rate
making in Texas, Waco has the adj
vantage Of other jobbing points in the
state to a very large area, thus making
it a logical location for mills, factories
and wholesale houses. In addition to
the steam lines, Waco has also al in
terurban line which extends north