The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-01
MIR. ogrrITH REPLIES.

ticle entitled Motor Mall Service
and Good Rdads." This article is
on the editorbi page and was. pre-
sumably writ len by you.
Said articld points out four GER
tain bad pltes" on the motor
routes OF the bounty, two of which
are In precinf number one which
I represent.
Some of ny friends think this
was meant asl AN attack on me as
being the onlf one OF the present
court being litely to stand for re-
election.
Now, in regard to the bad
places on routdA, northeast of Boyce
on Grove cree1." will say. that road
bed is on stch bad ground. that
IL is impossible to keep the road in
good condltio3. had been trying
for some timb. before your article
appeared, to ket said road changed
+, to better grahnd, in order that
might put up b road bed that would
stay permanently good.
After your article was published.
but before thad read it, called
on Mr.. Singleton, postmaster at
Waxahachie, dhd asked him to help
me get the change made Mr.. Sin
gleton, who issrecognized as broad
minded eentle3an, of good judgment
and ability, agreed with me that it
would be unAise to expend much
| money on thdt road as 1t is now
situated
In regard To the other proposi-
tion you say ION the same route
and in same precinct. about three
| fourths OF a pile of road, leading
from Corinth fchurch near Palmer
should be given immediate atten-
ton"
You do not say. that the same
commissioner, lmeaning me. should
give that attention, but you 30 word
ed the sentence that anyone. not &C
quainted with 1.-THE situation, would
infer that ! was responsible for the
upkeep of theA road Now. IL you
had asked Mr5 Singleton, he could
have told you fhat was not a public
road. but only b neighborhood pass
way, over which commissioners have
no power.
l once tried 10 get it made pub
lie road, bat the landowners could
not agree as tofwhere the land lines
we're. and so IL fell through.
Why you should have it in for me
do not knows unless it is because
| said l did not believe the motor
mail routes Would give satisfaction.
| If that is the reason, why do you
not jump on Mr.. Singleton, for he
whispered that's same belief to me.
no longer than hst Friday, and when
| have the APPRECIATION OF such we'll
| informed gentlemen as he. can
stand little hult finding.
You praised Mr. Morrison. Mr..
Kelly and Mr.. Rutherford for doing
certain free road wok. l am glad
you did so, th@ deserve 1t. They
are liberal. progressive and public
spirited ctizenS and l do not wish
to detract one lota from their just
deserts. but there are others. too
numerous to mention who are equal
| ly deserving off commentator. In
fact, there arez many who studied
the subject and found that the roads
were so long and the bridges so ex-
pensive that the road funds were in
sufficient to keep all the roads in
good conditiorL and voluntarily
help the commissioners with free la
Dor on the roads. And | wish here
to thank all those who have helped
me work the rdhds. They not only
bettered their ewn condition. but
helped the country and are public
spirited, liberal sand patriotic.
| There are same. however, who
would rather cuss the commissioner
than to have l good road. would
rather growl than work. l wonder
how much free labor the author of
that article doee on the roads'
Now, Mr.. Ed itor. do you think
you have treatn me with fairness'
You have told pr the bad. but not
of the good. You have told some of
have told of Aaces over which it
is not easy TO ravel, but have not
told of the PLACES ! have made easy
to travel wheret no travel went be-
fore, Neither have you told of the
houndreds of bqdges have built.
rebuilt or repaAe nor of the