The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-10-23

cricket and quite intelligent and
well read. A large book lay on her
table and IL was one OF Lew WAL
iace's writings. II Miss Minnie
who has not walked step since her
childhood, can be cheerfgl, why
should not we, who are blessed with
health and can 20 and do as we
please, be cheerful and jolly and
thank the good Master for life and
try to enjoy 1t. Uncle Joe shipped
In several ear loads of cattie he will
put on feed at once. A great many
cattle are being fed at Midlothian
this fall. w. w. Majors and W. l..
Hawkins and u. #. Hawkins and
Mr.. TempletVn are feeding a bunen.
In all 1901 or 1000 head are being fe d
there. Beef is commanding a good
price now and / hope they will all
make money. More wheat than us
al is been sown up here and pretty
soon il will be good grazing. The
oil mill and the elevator and the
cotton gin are all close by each 9TH
er up there and this is quite a bust
ness place for all the grain and all
the cotton raised in the surrounding
country. There is a splendid mark
eft here for it. Coal and lumber are
also sold and weighed and measured
right here on two pairs of scales.
Mr.. Ed Lane, well known in this
county, is weigher and book
keeper at the cotton scales,
a position he has filled for
several years and a good one.
T. H. Newton and w. w. Majors
are both splendid, clever business
men who are the main spirits In
managing all these big enterprises.
A sad visit | made ID the home of
w. w. Majors where deputy sheriff
Dunaway lay dying. For eight
weeks he suffered. He came to this
county l6 years ago from Tonnes
see poor boy working for wages
and with an honest upright life he
had accumulated some property and
had also gained the esteem of his
fellow citizens and last spring they
nominated him for the responsible
place of county commissioner for
the western part of Ellis county.
He married sister of deputy sher-
itf Henry Forbes and as she sat by
his bedside and pressed his brow,
it was indeed a sad sight; this
bright good citizen, her loving hus-
him. They never had any children
and her grief is shared by one whole
section of Ellis county. He knew
and recognized me and said he was
glad To see me, but he is gone now
and we will try to emulate his good
example. Midlothian has lost some
good citizens this year, G.. r. Alex
ander, Pete Low aud now Mr.. Dun
away. on the mountain lands cot
ton is opening rapidly, but farmers
from the valley west Of that place
said cotton was opening very slow
Ily. South of Midlothian three miles
I spent the night with b. l.. Cow
and. He owns 100 acres running
over into the valley west. He and
his good wife are both old time Tex
ans She was born and raised in
Dallas county, her father whose
name was Combs, was one Of Dallas
county's first settlers and Mr.. Cow
andis relatives brought him there
when he was a small boy and from
there he enlisted in the army and
out of the 10 men who went to the
war, only 20 or y are living and
most of these met at the Dallas re-
union last spring and had their pic
lures TAKEN. MI 1pAhDA EaiNWEd
me this picture and he prizes 1t very
highly. These old time Texans are
clever wherever you meet them and
| spent pleasant night under their
hospitable roof. He has lots OF
pasturage and raises good Durham
cattle and fine hogs. q. w. Law
renee farms close by Mr.. Cowand's
and he had on this mountain land a
fir rate crop Of cotton and IL was
opening nicely. Our subscribers up
here paid me well for my paper and
this Is encouraging to me. T. j.
Dorset who bought the Lutte Rick
etts place south of Midlothian has
a pretty home and his health since
going to Mineral Wells last summer
is much improved. =. %. Meador
who rents the Odom farm close by
SAID his cotton was good IL it would