The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-11
BILL Cox's LETTER.
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| This Is time when as
dom is making resolutions and to
fail TO plan for better life during
| the ensuing year than the past
would be unconventional and |
would not fail to do as the folks OF
fashion do for any reasonable con-
sideration. Therefore be 1t resolv-
ed that | will do during the year
1916 about as ] did last year, with
such Improvements as age and IN
creased wisdom may enable me to
make. feel pretty safe in further
resolving that / shall not whip my
wife. steal, cheat, gamble, get drunk
or lie except il should became neces-
ssry TO do so for the protection or
myself or a fellow creature. ] am
further resolved to run for same OIL
flee for which | ran last year. With
heart free from envy and with no
more prejudice than my smallness
of mind and ignorance promotes
greet you all and hope for you all
year of peace and prosperity.
A friend told me few days ago
|os attending church some time ago
when one of the brethren shook
hands with him and expressed HIM
self as being very much delighted
that this man of the world had
come to the house of worship. The
next day the church man and the
man of the world were going to
another city by rail. At the station
Mr.. Churchman said to the man of
the world: did you buy ticket?"
Upon receiving an affirmative an
swer he said, You should not have
done so. | am going to work the
conductor and | believe | could
have gotten you by" This church
man is seemingly a good, moral man
and has no patience with those who
commit such wrongs as he particu-
larly condemns, but bless his poor,
puny, pitiful soul his love for the
almighty dollar is so strong that he
has never stopped to consider that
when he was making a private
deal with the conductor he was COM
hitting a theft that makes chick
en- stealing coon blush. He woule
not steal If he knew it, but is so full
of that instinct which causes most of
us to crave to get something for
nothing, that it has probably never
occurred to him that he was steal
ing from the railroad and that he
was encouraging the conductor to
steal. 1t is barely possible that he
places a wrong construction on that
passage of scripture which says,
''Despise not the day of small
things" l have traded with the
conductor once or twice myself but
have never yet ceased to be asham-
ed of it, and / hope | may never
cease. To the man of the world who
expressed himself as being disgust
ed with Mr.. Churchman, l would say
that it was not his religion made
him little, but he is little in spite
of religion.
Last Monday morning Sam White
gave me a dollar for J. NJ. Harwell
of Oak Cliff. Jap is an old time
Ovllaite and has lots of friends
who will be glad to know that he
is growing handsomer every day.
G. r. Graves was in town looking
as hale and hearty as though he
had never been sick. r. Z. Lin
thecum, an old slime Ellis countian
who has gone to near Plano, is as
handsome as he was 80 years ago.
mean three years ago, for he is a
bachelor. He has been spending
the holidays with old friends. A.
l.. Tune from Waxahachie renew
ed for the Enterprise and Dallas
| News and sent the News to Mrs.
Jane Hyde at Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.
IGeo. NJ. Boren, a native Ellis eoun-
tian and one of the best all-round
fellows on earth, has sold his home
| down near Ray and moved to Post
| City, Texas. Good luck to you,
George w. J. Splawn, a good far
mer from Ennis 4 renewed for an
other year. Thursday | went TO
Red Oak where | met w. E. Gist
and got dollar. l think he said
it made about $23 he had paid for
| the Enterprise. d. p. Wright on
! Red Oak l was cooking lard. He
has been among us several years
and has some good friends but is
going to move near Cleburne.
filed up on cracklings, got dollar
| and proceeded to go out to the
home of w. ID. Powell, who was in
| the new ground watching work SO
4 on On my WAY hack IN Red Oak