The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-06
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am once more at home and am
glad OF It. As ] now, each and every
day since my return, grasp my
friends hands from every section
o. Ellis county a thrill of Joy goes
down through this frame of mine
that no one but myself can appreci-
ate. Ellis county is the best one on
the earth and the people who inhabit
this goodly land partake of the
nature of its soil are generous and
wholesouled The truth of the mat
ter is. real close, stingy. hidebound
fellow cannot stay here. He will
either melt out of that state of mind
and body or be compelled to emigrate.
In land like grand old Ellis county.
where good soil responds so gener-
ousiy TO the touch of the husband
man, citizen who enjoys all these
God given privileges must respond
and open his purse strings and his
soul to the necessities of his COM
munity and his fellowmen. Right
now as result of the condition OF
this country we have the best homes,
churches and school houses OF any
county in the state. and our preach
ers. school teachers and county Of
ficials are the best paid of any pub
lie men in Texas. While all this Is
true there are hundreds of men In
Ellis county who do not nor can they
ever own a foot Of this land so valu-
able has ii become. In my deserip-
lions of South Texas ! have at all
times had in view this class of our
citizens. Down there in the Corpus
Christi and Brownsville countries
the healthful climate cannot he sur
passed anywhere In Texas. Second,
the soil is good and cheap. | have
few acquaintance down there who
are making money farming On my
return home | stopped off at Ben
Arnold in Milan county and spent
day and two nights with Uncle Gil
bert Hudson, whom | had NOT seen
for II or II years. He Is now rs
years old and a stout. healthy man.
There has not been much change in
his appearance since ! first remem-
Der seeing him when | was small
boy A stout. healthy, gpry old man
at his age causes me to reflect on
my early piety in the bottoms of
Arkansas river. western Texas and
the wilds Of Arizona territory All
OF these regions in which | have
lived since coming west causes me
now ! am afraid. ia the prime of
life, 20 seek miider climate DUR
ing the winter months In order TO
keep my breath Ia NE. / also stop
ped off at Mart ia IcLennan county
and visited another uncle. Allen
Drinkard. who is now quite feeble
Both of these relatives own good
black land farms and both are hon
ored. respected citizens OF their re-
spectiye counties, and I shall hence
forth during my life, let IL he long
or short, eudeavor 10 so conduct nay
self that | may like these uneies.
have friends and enough OF mouey
TO keep my betterhalf aud myself
ont of the poorh0usa In our old aae
Ny good looking partners. Measrs
Buie and Kent. aud Ownby our Daily
Light reporter kept the Light aud
Enterprise going all right while /
was gene. and | am truly glad to be
back with them in the harness aud
help contribute my mife toward CIV
ing our thousands of readers the
news and all the news IL il posi-
Bile for as 10 get thereby giving
our patrons value received for their
money That big bay. three thousand
dollar horse. and red buggy. like
me. reeuperated and rested and now
we are coming 10 every quarter OF
Ellis county. You who live In re-
mote corners OF the county look out
We are coming down the roads and
byways by your doors. There Ia al
ways tn a county like this something
for newspaper Tsn and good citizens
TO work at for the public good. and
the first and most important item
now for Us 10 consider In To my
mind the good roads question How
and by what means can better roads
be secured for Ellis county citizens
go travel over. and then don't know
whether good roads come first or
not over the question of reducing
fhe cotton acreage of Ellis county
To plant another big crop of cotton
like Ellis county and taa whole
South did last year and make q
million or two bales more than the
world needs or eau use again will
bring ruin and misery 10 this south
land Of ours. Then aside from this
there is the boil weevil that Was scat
tered all over Ellis county BY the mil
lions when the frost came last fall.
and already they are being found ia
many fields In this county since the
warm days | do h0pe Ellis county
citizens will plant an abundance OF
everything else 20 I've on 0ae Of
ms uneles said the boil waevtls had
taught MIN q lesson Ia farming that
II he had been praotieing all his life
would have made him a rich man
INNOCENCE ABROAD