The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-11-19

tt put in about four thousand dol
lars in improvements on our paper
and those who continue with us will
get the benefit of these improve
ments and those who stop will miss
the good time we will have.
That new mustang horse | bought
sometime since is "a m-dandy. He
can go as far as the road il cut out
in a day, and last Tuesday when |
started out to Red Oak be put his
head In the air and his tail erect
and In less than one hour we trav-
elled to Red Oak. Stopped at Ster-
rett, and MIR. Horton said he had
giuuet 1900 bales Of cotton and lots
more TO come yet. Or. Hicks at
Sterrett is one Of the most cheerful
men in Ellis county and ii did me
good to meet him there. and felt
good and cheerful for two or three
days afterwards. On To Red Oak,
and no town in Ellis county has
built up, ia "A business way, more
rapidly than has Red Oak in the
last few years Lyon aud Hooks, the
two general merchandise merchants
there, said they ware doing "A s3leu-
did business more than ever he
fore. And hessrs. Jordan. the
grocery men, and Hardee Harrison.
the druggist, both said their basil
ness was J4st splendid There l. no
better country surrounding aav
town in the county than there Is
around Red oak and / am glad 80
see hcr commanding the trade sur
rounding her that naturally should
come to her. The two gins there
are both kept busy al the time AMI
run this fall, par- ~ the season.
bpta day and night SIR. II. -
koSser Of NaNahacHie, eus Of th-
best ZIn tneu gu Texas aad ais sons
have charge 90! tha. farmers gin
there this season aud tuey are DO
ing we'll No better craps In Ellis
county than they ag. Gathering ig
the Red Oak country and our sub
srrihers up there paid m. iug their
paper like ilghlu- fire, that IS they
paid ue fast aud an "a good bum ,r
and all Of them not only paid what
they owed bot also paid year ia
advance for b.. / love e. 30 bl~l-
ness vita good unmured people aud
that Is what ald "a Red Oak
somebody feeds me when ! am uug
on these trips aud ! get Huu.r. aud
tired. Mr., Lewis Butehar. who
makes plenty tv keep the wolf from
hIs door invited ue and / went out
tW* miles north west t. bis III ace
and roasted upstairs and ieI ua tae
good food bis industrious good " lfa
gives him every day ia the year. .
II" made "A good wheat crop and ue
is gathering splendid cotton aud
corn crops. HIS sou, Eret. who
worked tu our office fer several
years, Is now lu poor health. HalAt
a good printer aui hope will soon
be all right again. J O. Bailey
rents on DR., Ffgstoe's farm u4 Red
OAK creek and was sowing wheat
iu "a hurry. When 1 got Ia ainl ue
TOLD me- 20 ~ tu his house aud tel.
his wife To pay his subscription
year ahead, which sGe did aud she
mot only ala this, but she showed
me a pair OF twin babies two years
Dad, pretty aud healthy that she aud
Mr.. Bailey are proud of aud suct
gifts as this from she great Creator
will help To make any household on
earth happy ss the Bailey home L.
Mr.. A. a. Eason, also rents part of
this Fristoe farm. As | was driving
into Ellis county seven years ago this
winter / met Mr.. Eason near For
reston and he subscribed for my
paper before ! got to Waxahachie
and he enjoys the distinction of be-
ing one Of the first snhscrIhera 1