The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-19

the long continued wet spell, which
prevented their getting outside OF
their own premises, except when
they were forced to go; they have
been glad when Friday and Saturday
came and thelgood old ENTERPRISE
made it's appearance in their homes,
full of the news from the court
house, Ellis county and the world at
large and that is the field this great
religious ENTERPRISE works in TO
gather it's news for it's readers and
if there was any other place for us
to 90 to gather news we would be
found trying our hand at getting it.
Astronomers say that ere long we
! will be in commune alton with that
| big star we see IN the elements
called Mars. These scientific fell
lows have already found mountains
and streams up there and pretty soon
| they will be signalling TO the natives
who inhabit this star and when they
do we will be giving the news to our
readers from the stars aud skies
The truth of the matter is this EN-
TERPRIsE paper lays right up next
to the Sunday school papers and the
Bible for good reading.
My better half placed that sunday
suit on me she keep for me t. wear
to Sunday school and | mounted an
H. q T. {. train last Friday morn
| ing bound for Ferris. / am afraid
our subscribers will forget me, not
having a chance to feed me in so
long. | am afraid that appetite and
me will be forgotten and hence /
must travel by the cars 10 meet
them. Ferris was reached at II
O'Clock and to the postoffice wasthe
| first place / headed for. Postmaster
Hopkins there is just as good look
| ing as ever and he is just as clever
as ever to hand out the mail matter
that comes there and among that
mail at his Office is very fine list
OF ENTERPRISE readers The two
big brick yards there and Prof A.
g. Speer's school are three enter
prises that cause that to be one of
the very best towns in Ellis county
and then Ferris is surrounded by as
fine farming lands as Ellis county
affords. All this keeps her boom
ing. Two banks in Ferris and they
are both strong financial institu
tions. The First National there, re-
Gently organized, has fitted mp a
splendid banking house putin strong |
vaults and handsome furniture and |
they are just about ready now TO |
move into their new quarters. Mr.. |
T. G.. Cole, president of the institu-
ton, showed us through this newly |
furnished room.
No article in the ENTERPRISE for |
many years has been more compli- |
mented than George Douglas letter. |
Mr.. Douglas is a philosopher Of the |
first grade and in that letter he got |
off his burlesque about right. |
Bill Arp could not have |
beaten it. While / believe |
in scientific investigation and /
know Mr.. Douglas does,
there has been SO mnch written Sc
riously on the bug question for the
past six months that people have
gotten tired Of reading il, and Mr..
Douglas article gave them a laugh .
and a rest. We all enjoyed il and
/ heard his article frequently men
toned while in Ferris. ]
Rev. J. NJ. p. Morrow, a Baptist
evangelist, whom / knew in Lime
stone county years ago and WHO is
my good friend, was conducting a
revival up there. met him and he
called me "Dick" In way that
sounded natural. / went to hear
him preach twice. He is an able
minister, and is now state evange-
list. X. H. Cornelius, our Ellis ,
county singing boy, was also there 4
conducting the singing for the meet |
ing, and IT is worth a trip any time,
not only to Ferris, but any where
in Texas, just to hear Cornelius
sing. He is first-elass in his bust |
ness, and he is making money. He
is a composer of music and bis songs |
are appreciated b. all lovers of mu-
sic. The Tabern acle Baptist church
in Ferris r. erecting a handsome
new brick church Mr.. L. A Baker,
with whom 1 stopped wi lie there,
showed me the spot where the foun-
dation is already laid for the new
church.
| had not been up there for some
time and our subscribers paid me
fast and literally their subscrip-
tons, and no one said "stop." On
the contrary, wrote down lots Of
new subscribers.
INNOCENCE.