The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-24
THE LONG { SHORT OF TT

b. +. o. E.-All members reques-
ted to be at meeting tonight, Roger
Kennedy, Sec'y.
The Daily Lights illustrated
Want column will do the work Try
it and be convinced.
f. B. Moseley q Son are closing
out their stock Of groceries at cost.
Read their adj on first page.
The Fireman's Band went to the
Falls last night and enlivened the
neighborhood with few choice Sc
lections.
Look over the /. d 6. n. sub
scription list today and you see
what citizens are helping to secure
thEroad.
7. H. Barrow and family and Ru-
fus Langsford have gone to Llano
county to spend two weeks fishing
and recreating.
Deputy Sheriff Minnick came in
last night from Dallas, bringing
with him Matt Holloway, who is
wanted here for carrying a pistol.
F. j. r. Davenport, was here yes
terday; he had seventeen acres
of corn that his neighbors thought
would make forty bushels to the
acre.
When you have a local or person
al news item ring the Light. Bell
telephone No. AS or Independent
telephone No. 148. This favor will
be appreciated.
The Daily Light changes it's read
ing matter every day. 1t don't try
to run the same old stale matter
over an intelligent reading public
more than once anyway.
Dave Curran and T. G. Oliver, of
Ennis, were here yesterday distri-
buting advertising matter for the
Elks Fair and Live Stock Show to
be given at Ennis July "a The in
dications are good for large at
tendance from this city.
T. H. Smith and II F. Miller i
two renters of Uncle Shug Thomas
three miles south of town, were
here this morning to sell some hogs.
They stated that they each have
twenty odd acres of corn that will
make about thirty bushels to the
acre. This corn is well thinned and
has been we'll Guilty ated
J. L. Dobbs, from the edge of
Files Valley, was here yesterday
and stated that he was now planting
June corn and would plant sorghum,
milo maize and other feed stuff dur
ing the month of July. He says If
any rain falls any time during the
fall he will make plenty of feed.
Mrs. s. l.. Hornbeak Is expected
to arrive in the city the latter part
of this week to join her husband,
who has been here some time mail
ing out catalogues of Trinity Uni
versity. Mr.. and Mrs. Horubeak
will live in the new cottage erected
by Frank Oldham in the University
Addition.
The first Johnson county melons
of the season were brought in yes
terday by Mr.. w. Wilson, raised by
him on Turkey creek near Alvarado.
He says the continued drouth has
seriously affected the melon crop
this year. The ones he had on the
market here yesterday were small
but those who had the money to
buy them say they were fine ano
| luscious.
Karl H. Word has sold the Royse
City News to w. A. Medlin and Is
again engaged with the American
Cotton company. He is temporari'
nv located at Cooper where he il
So pelrntendiug che building Of q
round bale gin. Ne writes from
there that crops are good in Delta
county. Corn, he says, viii make
from so to 60 bushels per acre, oats
60 to rs, wheat q to IS and cotton Is
waist high. The people of Delta
and other river counties have been
blessed with good rains all through
the spring.
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