The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-07

Mr.. Frank Ellis has been sick
several days.
Mr.. John Benton has made some
beautiful improvements on his
home. He has one of the most at
tractive cottages in the city.
George Pate has returned from a
three weeks stay La Mineral Wells.
The Boyce and Ike baseball teams
played here a few evenings ago.
Think the game closed l6 to In
favor of Boyce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Bales of Wax
ahachie and Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon
of Fannin county visited Mrs. Reb
Lanier last week.
Mrs. wellington has guests from
Fort Worth this week.
Mrs. Mvrtice Plott has returned
from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Bob
Alexander near Fort Worth.
Miss Myrtle Bales returned from
Waxahachie Sunday, accompanied
by her cousin, Miss Ida Bales, who
will spend several days in her old
home town.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Chapman of
Waxahachie visited relatives in our
city Sunday.
Mrs. Stiles, sister and family of
Ferris are here.
Mr.. d. ID. Kent visited ''his wife's
kinsfolk" and is overlooking with
pleasure the trip afforded him.
1t makes the other men In town
wish they could take a summer out
ing, mingle with loved ones, and
have every Kind Of good things to
eat that the appetite could crave
bask in the glory of Pamela county
sunshine, roam through her vast
orchards and lounge beneath her
great trees. But, alas! who pos
sesses a magic wand, that they may
convert wishes into relatives, but
the next best thing TO participating
in pleasure is to know friend has
been so blessed. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kent's visit began by spending six
delightful days with Mrs. kent's
brothers, W. J. and Mack Chad
wick, fourteen miles west of Car
thage, then they visited her uncle,
Daniel Chadwick, ST. After enjoy
ing several days with this interesting
family3 they closed their stay in the
county in the hospitable home of J.
l.. Chadwick, merchant of Gar
thage. They regretted that rain
prevented their visiting all the cons-
ms, but rejoice that they were per
mitted TO see them all. Mr.. Kent
and his good wife are dear lovers of
children, and they enjoy telling OF
the thoughtful attentions paid them
by their young relatives. Mr.. Kent
says, though the Ian sells between
two and ten dollars per acre, II Is a
first class farming country, pro-
ducing about the same yield as an
average Ellis county crop; and that
vegetables and fruits are so abund~
ant that the farmers have seen fit
to organize a Produce Growers
Association, to aid them In ship
ping at less expense.
While there theS met a number of
their old Alabama friends and some
of Mr.. Kent'g war comrades, also
Prof. Turner, who Is President of
Carthage College, and, by the way
a cousin of our DIR. DAILY. Tt q col
lege is a magnificent building, a
large enclosure, more trees, more
flowers and more real beauty around
it than Mr.. Kent ever saw before In
one school yard.
visit "hugely mir. Kent wanted 1t
expressed In a great big word that
would mean that no one ever had
nicer trip, but We scribe IL too lazy
60 hunt the dictionary today, and
our vocabulary is not equal To
Shakespeare's.
On their return home they spent
the night I'm Ennis, where they
heard the glad tiiings, 1.-THE drouth
is broken" and when tney reached
Royce they did not have to see the
mud to know that IL had raiued.
The smiling countenances of friends
said palmer than words, 1--WE are
blue no more. We viii make fine
cotton and June corn aud Ellis
county will still be in the lead -
But Mr.. Kent shook his head, as
much as To say sou have not been
10 Carthage"