The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-20
THE LONG { SHORT OF IT

p. Y. Reed and b. L. Christian,
of the ozro community, were pleas
ant callers at this Office today.
Public enterprises should always
take precedence over local issues.
Attend the railroad meeting tonight.
1t is to the interest of every citi-
zen of Waxahachie to attend the
railroad mass meeting at the court
house tonight.
Railroads are great factors in
building up towns. The !. q g. n.
wants To come here. We must de-
eide tonight whether or not we want
the road.
J. o. Wilson, who lives near Push
College, accompanied his wife here
yesterday on her way to Merkel to
to visit relatives. Mr.. Wilson re-
Gently bought GAO acres of land in
Taylor county.
All members of the Katy Fishing
and Boating Club are requested to
meet at Kenner's cotton office to-
morrow afternoon, Aug. q, at 4:30
O'Clock. Important business IS. p.
Spalding, Pres.
Mack Rutherford was here yes
terday and made arrangements to
place his son, Rupert, in Trinity
University this year. Mr.. Ruther-
ford left today on a trip to Okla
homa and Arkansas.
Henry Curry and family, Lawson
Paul and family, Miss May Key,
Joe Voss and Levi league, all of
the Buena Vista country, returned
home yesterday from a fishing trip
to the San Saba country.
Farmers in the city yesterday
from different sections of the coun-
ty stated that mowers were running
in nearly all the corn fields cutting
the "hurrah grass" They say a
large amount of fine hay is being
put up.
John {. Johnson has returned
from trip to Hereford, near which
place he bought a ranch containing
five sections of land. He says good
rains have fallen in that country
and everything is in a prosperous
condition.
Capt. NJ. T. Patrick tells us he
has decided to put his 500 acre past
ure located on the Ovilla road in
cultivation next year. He now has
l2J head of cattle and 70 or 50 head
of horses and mules on the pasture
which he will soon dispose of.
J. A. Fudge, who drew "A quarter
SECTION in Oklahoma, is visiting his
brothers in this sectian. He says
the people have splendid crops in
that section. He has been con-
tracing and building in the new
towns up there and says the country
is improving rapidly.
T. A. Ferris recently moved two
cottages on Ferris avenue to Royal
street and had them remodeled and
otherwise furnished for occupancy.
Both have already been rented by
good families. We understand that
he will soon begin the erection of a
new house on Ferris avenue.
Just at the present time there
seems to be great demand for re-
sidences in Waxahachie. w. McEl-
rec, a St. Louis drummer, has been
here several days looking for re-
sidence but after a diligent search
over the city he says he failed to
find one. We have recently heard
of others who were looking for
houses but could not find any that
were vacant.
p. r. Thompson, who has the
Management of the big Eastman farm
near Astonia, was in the city yes
terday to make arrangements for
one of his daughters to enter Trim
| ity University this fall. Another
daughter who has been attending
school at Austin will return there
when school opens. Mr., Thompson
said the pestiferous boil weevil were
at work on his cotton and that the
yield would be considerably de-
creased.
w. NJ. Spurlcck, the gin man OF
Forreston, was in the city yester-
day and stated that he had bought
six bales of cotton in seed, paying
2$4 TO &c per pound for same. He
says the cotton on the deep black
land around Forreston is almost a
failure. Mr.. Spurlock said that
Rev w. A. Tooley, pastor of the
Methodist church at that place, had
just closed a protracted meeting in
which there were fifty-five convers-
ions. Rev. Tooley has mad several
successful meetings on his circuit