The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-22
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The following editorial. written
IN the occasion OF the Weekly En-
terprise's forty-second anniversary
this week. is reproduced In the Daily
LIGHT because of the historical in
terest II contains:
with this issue the Waxahachie
Enterprise enters its forty-second
year. During the publication OF
OF the Enterprise it has had its share
OF ups and downs. has weathered the
storms and is now on solid foun-
dation. The Enterprise was estab-
lished in 1875 By ]. S. Hanes, who
sold II in 1876 10 Hon. c. X. Glib
son. now an editorial paragrapher
on the paper, and II. A. Mcmillan,
deceased. Next, in 1877. B. +.
/ Carpenter became its owner. In
1880 Hons. +. F. Yeager and +. G.
senter we're the proprietors, which
partnership only existed one year,
when Mr. Senter sold his interest
10 Mr.. Yeager who continued its
publication until his death in 1890.
Subsequent to his death half In
tereest in the paper was sold to j.
W. Clark. the other interest remain
ing the Yeager family. Mr.. Senter
Is now a prominent attorney of Dali
les and J. W. Clark is also a resident
of that city. being engaged in the
publication of a trade journal.
j. S. Hardy, now of Snyder,
was editor when Mr.. Clark
owned the paper. The mex.
change occurred when w. ]. Buie,
now of FL Paso, purchased the in
terest of Mr. Clark. Mr.. Buie man
aged the paper about one year and
then organized a stock compan,
which took over the Wxahachie
Light, a weekly paper owned by ].
o. Jones. Mr.. Buie, as head of the
company, ran the paper successful
IL number of years, making it this
peer of any country weekly news
paper published in Texas. Then its
next manager was G. w. Mcknight
who ran the paper several years,
keeping up the standard of his pre-
decessors. When Mr.. Mcknight re-
tired two years ago the paper pass
&C into the management of c. w.
Kent as business manager and w. A.
Ownby as managing editor. Mr..
Kent was practically brought up in
the Enterprise office and the new
managing editor has been with the
paper seventeen years. The past two
years under a new management has
shown that the Enterprise will main
tain it's high standard of merit.
The Enterprise has had many COM
petitors. but 1t has survived them
all and is now the only weekly paper
published in the county capital.
| During the life of the Enterprise it
| has had the editorial services of the
best brains of the county. A few
names we here mention, viz: Hon.
/ j. H. Husbands, deceased, once may
or of Waxahachie; Rev. n. Givens,
deceased; Judge o. Il. Dunlap. pres
! ident of the Citizens National Bank;
| L. c. Huckabee, now editing a daily
paper at Corsicana; Hons. John M.
King, s. p. Skinner, and last, but
a most potent factor in the life OF
the Enterprise, Hon. C. r. Gibson,
who still holds position on the
editorial staff. Others we here men,
| ton, who, through their able manu-
scripts to the Enterprise have help
Cd make the paper a great factor for
TIE public WELD, were Hon. j. W.
Ferris, Capt. w. II. Getzendaner
Judge A. A, Kemble, all deceased;
C. c. Groce, Esq, and Hon. j. Lea
! Cannon, the latter two now promi-
nent attorneys of Waxahachie ana
| who still contribute to its columns
occasionally. Ii is also worthy OF
mention that son of the late Judge
/ A. A. Kemble, j. A. c. Kemble, has
been associated with the paper ever
| since the first issue was printed.
| We are also glad To record among
our great family of readers citizens
of Ellis county who have been TAX
ing the paper from the first week of
its publication forty-two years ago.
The Enterprise. since its birth,
has helped, through its columns, 10
pave the way for the pioneers in
developing Ellis county until today
ii stands foremost in agriculture in
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