The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-25
BILL cox's LETTER.
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was informed. represented himself
as being a minister OF the gospel.
His mission here seemed to be that
of spying out the doings of one of
the churches OF the town. He call.
ed upon several members of a fra.
ternal order and also on some or all
of the pastors Of the churches.
His principal inquiry seemed to be
whether or not n one could or
would give him any information
out of which to manufacture a sen
sationai story with large type head
lines detailing the wrong doings
in this same particular church. So
far as ! heard the pastors and citi-
Gems reported conditions compare
lively satisfactory and he went
somewhere else OF his garbage
hunt.
There are several papers pub
lished in the United States which
make it their sole business to at
tack one particular church. ] read
one of these publications for more
than a year. During that time !
read some blood curdling stories
come Of which / do not doubt were
true. The editors and agents of
these papers are sometimes in Jail
and sometime at liberty and some
of them have been pretty heavily
fined for the publication of libe
lous matter. When one of them
gets into the criminal court and is
fined or imprisoned he comes forth
and poses as a martyr, and with the
statement that the courts OF u
country are dominated by the
church he is fighting. He well
knows that If he can make the
public believe he has been a victim
of persecution a sympathy will be
aroused which will make the path
way of his prosecutors a thorny
one. He further knows that hu-
manity, almost without an excep-
ton, feasts on sensation, and the
more often he goes to Jail for the
sake of truth and liberty the bet
ter Will be the sale of his writings
and the more eagerly people Will
flock to hear his lectures. He IS
also aware of the fact hat most OF
us are full OF prejudice to the full
capacity OF cur mind and soul and
are ready to believe, without ques-
ton. any d%erogatory statement
concerning an individual, sect or
party with whom or which we do
not agree.
As | said | have been reading
the literary productions Of these
garbage cleaners for some time and
have occasionally been Mortified
when they presented what they
claimed to be the moral putridity
of the church they have selected
for their ext on all occasions.
When l have stopped to consider,
however. that there is no numer-
Gus association of men and women
on earth which enjoys entire free
dom from corruption on the part OF
some Of their members | am CON
strained to inquire. what would be
the result should an organized
band of men go about prying into
and reporting the misdeeds of any
Of our ORGANIZATIONS Would there
not be some very sensational reve-
lations. There are comparatively
few individuals or organizations
without a skeleton i'm the closet.
When we consider the fact that
II is almost a human impossibility
for a strong partisan to be al ali
times truthful, wen when he is not
out for gain. We are reluctantly
driven 10 the conclusion that the
partisan, who makes his PARTISAN
ship a source of revenue aud know
nothing short of first class sensa-
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win not hesitate I % make Ananias
look like George Washington.
Some Of my friends who have boer
reading the same publications 1
have refuse 20 believe an thcS
read and see "A little excited some
.time 20 Thorn ! desire 20 say b.
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