The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-16
THE LONG { SHORT OF 1T

Sunday at the ice plant. w. B.
Williams. ll6.
The Rebekahs will meet Monday
night at s O'Clock and all members
! are urged to be present.
Tickets for the musicale concert
next Tuesday night will be sold at
! Herring Sparks drug store.
Prof. /. A. Looney arriv ed yester-
day from Hillsboro to begin work on
the large boarding house he will
erect in the University Addition.
A party of young people chaper-
| oned by Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Shive
went to the Falls last night to enjoy
a moonlight picnic. They report a
pleasant evening.
The musicale at West End Tues
ay night will be worth your attend
ance. Go out and hear local talent
and at the same time assist in i'm
proving the park.
Parties purchasing tickets in the
city and going out in private con
veyance will be admitted through
the east gate. No conveyances will
be admitted inside the gate.
The Waxahachie second nine
went to Grove Greek yesterday to
cross bats with the Sterrett team.
The game resulted in favor of Wax
ahachie in score of 10 to ;.
Mr.. John Claunch, who owns
fine farm near Auburn, was here
yesterday and said he would soon
move his family to Grandview where
he would place his children in
school this winter.
Rev. p. NJ. Fitzgerald, the Cum
beriand Presbyterian evangelist,
was In the city today. He said his
household d goods would soon be on
their way to this place where his
family will in the future reside.
There will be a special song ser
vice at the Cumberland Presbsterian
church tomorrow night, The pro
gram will csnsist of solos, trios,
quartettes and anthems. The pub
lie has cordial invitation to be
present.
The campnfeeting at Ovilla will
close Sunday night. The meeting
has been largely attended and
great many campers have been on
the ground. Rev. Jerome Duncan,
of Hillsboro, has been doing the
preaching
Mrs. W. A. Ownby was painfully
burned in one of her eyes yesterday
afternoon with curling iron. 1t
was at first thought that the sight
had been destroyed, but under medf-
cal treatment the injured member is
improving nicely.
W. Nj. Mccain, from Bee Creek,
was here today, and stated that an
there on Friday night, Sept =, for
the benefit of the Woodmen hall.
He says prominent speakers have
been engaged to entertain the people.
Chester Brown has accepted
position with Cheeves Bros. d Co,
OF Waxahachie. We congratulate
both Cheeves Bros. and Chester.
Chester is fortunate in getting in
with such a reliable concern, and
the firm is fortunate in securing the
services of a young man like Ches-
ter. We are sure they will be
pleased with his services. Palmer
Rustler
J. IL. Woolsey, who recently sold
his farm near Ovilla and bought
land near Mansfield in Tarrant
county, was here yesterday aud
called TO renew his subscription to
the Enterprise. He has read the
Enterprise nearly all .his life
and when his time was out and the
paper cut OF be and his family felt
lost, In the course of conv ersatfon
with Mr. Woolsey he stated that
his father, J. p. Woolsey, settled
on Red oak creek in 1914 and was a
member of the first grand jury and
petit jury ever called in the county.
Mr.. ID. p. Mcdonald who rents on
the Fort farm near Forreston, was
IN the city yesterday and called at
this office TO pay uphis subscri 1tlon
TO the Enterprise. Mr. Mcdonald
said he bad ninety-five acres Of early
planted cotton from which he ht.d
already picked three bales, which
he sold for sl5556. He says tht it
Is his opinion that the early eostc
will make much better crop than
the late planting He said he
thought he made corn enough - lGa
him next year This is what rlie. t
be called good farming.