The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-13

were both IN good shape to travel
Mrs. Cook said that my article or
ehurnlng last winter did her good
for she, after that, realized how he
Mr. Cook, had been playing off on
her and for awhile she Eos some
help from him but he very soon
dropped back into his old ways.
next turned south towards Milford
Out on the mountain . new school
house has been built and new roads
opened. The grain crops on this
mountain land looked better than In
the valleys. Mrs. John Underwood
and her husband settled out here on
this mountain thirty-two years ago.
FHe died few years since and her
son and his family live with her.
( Her sons wife showed me two pref
ty girl babies q few months old.
Mrs. Underwood Is still stout and
well and said they made as good liy-
ing on this mountain as they did In
the valleys. L. M. Crawford, who
rents from her, was hauling water,
not only for his family but for his
stock as well. On across this noun
tain / strike the old Wardlaw ranch.
| More than 800 acres of it and the
best grass on 1t / ever saw. ]. s..
| Shipley and his son rent part of
! this place and they said there was q
scarcity Of water and they had not
been able to keep but few cattle on
/ their pasture of 500 acres. n. r.
Powers also rents part of this ranch
and has the prettiest cotton L saw
that day. T. B. Harmon rents
from Mr.. Burks at Pluto tract of
land joining the ranch. ] next Wis
tied the Plum Grove community and
Messrs. Harmon and Newton were
speeding their binder through pref
ty good dry year wheat. Mr.. Muir
ply, who for many years rented
land west of Waxahach1e, bought a
farm down here not far from Mil
ford and was in the grass when /
got to him, but said he would get
through in a few days. He had a
fairly good grain crop. The old gem
tleman was suffering with erysipe-
las. On down this road / struck j.
NJ. Bratcher. He was just starting
in to NOW a 4-acre lot of alfalfa that
will yield him at least ton to the
acre. There is no finer feed on the
earth and why more farmers don't
SOW it | cannot tell. Bratcher and
his boys are good farmers, guilty ate
lots of Joe Williams land and don't
let any grass go to seed on 1t. He
is always cheerful and in a good hui
NOR. On down the road ! struck r.
d. Burnett. He too had pretty
crop. His daddy is a good man and
| believe he is chip off the old
block. Getting into Milford | met
II. f. Anderson, an old settler of
Plum Grove. He recently sold his
300 acre farm to Pat Witten and his
fatherin- Algernon Clements.
Mr.. Anderson was arranging to
start his thresher and said he did
not contemplate leaving Ellis coun-
ty. A good man he IL and / hope
he will not go out of Ellis county.
Milford! Why she is in the swim.
One of the best hotels in the county
that is being well patronized. A
new livery stable painted red, and /
don't know how many new dwell
ings have recently gone up. Last,
but not least, their new college
building, which is now ready for the
roofing. and It will cost when fin
ished S25 900 or $50, 900 1t belongs
TO the Presbyterians of Texas and
when all of that denomination from
over Texas patronize it, it's success
is assured, While this magnificent
school belongs to this splendid de-
nomination it will not be run as
sectarian school, but the citizens of
all denominations will patronize 1t.
Our weekly Enterprise paper invest
ed 1928 in one of their pretty lots to
help build this school and ! SUR
veyed that spot and pronounced it
good, and If / can will build house
on it. The people of Ellis county
IA V e patronized us literally
a n we haye never fiickered
W h n it comes to h p n &
any public institution in it. Trinity
University caught us, the cotton
mill caught us, the /. & G.. N rail-
road caught us. Besides putting up
$40 900 worth of ADVERT Using, we
proved our faith by putting up our
hard earned cash to help the public
who who so literally have patron
lied us. This Enterprise paper
is a great religious journal and our
subscribers are as numerous in one
section of it as the other and there
is not a postoffice in the whole of
the county that we do not circulate
| largely too at it. l do sometimes
get tired and hungry. / stopped
| over nIRnL at y. Il. MESpAuQGAfl h
west of Milford and a more pleas
ant family is hard to find. Fried
| chicken is what / Toasted on for
supper and breakfast. Two daugh-
tiers constitute the family the Oldest
of which teaches music and is sue
ceeding nicely. f. n. Mercer. who
lives close by, has the prettiest
field of cotton / have yet seen.
He planted it in March and it is In
bloom. Still going west l struck j
G.. Burnett's place and his wife said
ne was in the grass. | was afraid
to go down in the field because
snakes are found in the grass and I
did not have any snake medicine.
/ am betting on him getting out of
the grass. He is alright and one OF
the best men in his country. ]. N.
Rutherford was the next place and
his wife SAID he was In the grass 80
| did not go into his field. A man
is not in good humor when he is
in the grass, So | moved on until
/ reached the place of Ollie Jones.
He was severely hurt some time ago
while stopping runaway team.
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