The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-10-07
crops GOODAT AVALON
And The People Of That Section are
Happy.

three times in my rounds, and every
time | do a big business. meet a lot
OF business people, eat lot of the
best that ever tiekled a hungry fell
lows neck, come home and never
let the management here rest till /
get to go back. The Avalon country
is in fine condition this year SO far
as crops go. / think | can safely
say that their crop of cotton is the
best in Ellis county. Both gins at
Avalon were as busy as they could
be and Avalon has fine gins run by
competent gin men.
The first place that | drew mp at
was w. NJ. McCluney's He was away,
gone to Italy, but his wife took my
paper for she said she knew it and
liked it, | find that the ladies are
as a general thing better read on cur
rent events than the men They
have more time you know They cook
a little, do a little house work and
then read while we poor men just
work and slave to keep the pretty
angels in good humor. But / guess
we men couldn't get along without
the women.
| took dinner with a young man.
+. l.. Southland. who is making his
first crop in Texas. He is from Mis-
souri, and likes us fine. His father.
E. F. Southland of Highgate. Mo, and
uncle, w. J. Southland of Belle, Mo.
have been visiting him and had re-
turned to their homes only the day
before. Mr.. Southland took the En-
terprise for a whole year and said
he wanted to get acquainted and
knew that was the quickest and sur
est way. Quite a lot of Giles live
in and around Avalon and they are
fine lot of people. Giles county
that contains Pulaski post office was
named for one of their relatives. j.
p Giles and NJ. c. Giles took our
are glad to say the Giles are on our
are glad to say the Giles are on our
side, all of them. But that is COM
mon over there. All the Smiths and
nearly all the Dyess' of that COM
munity take our paper and when you
get all them you have big list
Eagon Wilson was In his cotton
patch but stopped long enough TO
Subscribe and tell me the way to w
A. Stones and Lon Wakeland's. Mr..
Wilson is a good neighbor, when he
linus a SsOo0 LIlAAE It wants lilS
neighbors to have some of it too
met the two last named gentlemen
and Mr.. o. Couch in the road and
held the whole business up till they
took my paper,
/ came upon Mr.. Dee Martin pull
ing corn and had quite a talk with
him. He has been here for long
time and takes a great interest in
the upbuilding of his country, and
any move that means progress to his
people always has his support. We
younger ones will never know the
debt of gratitude we owe these
builders of a state.
J. NJ Powell owns and runs one OF
the Avalon gins He is A gin man
His son, Clarke. runs the stands and
NJ. p Curd is the bookkeeper. They
had ginned 2S5 bales and had sew
eral wagons standing on the yards
Mr.. Powell is a pleasant man and
introduced me TO several of his GUS
toners, praised my paper and was a
great help to me in getting several
subscribers, for all of which I thank
him MIR, Wright owns the other
gin | did not get TO see him but
found his force to be a clever lot Of
men III hunt him up next time /
go there | did not learn the number
of bales he had ginned c. Y Hud-
gins. NJ. L. King, G. g. Bnbre, J. NJ.
Evans and Mat Simpson all came
back and | have found out a gin is
a good place to get subscribers.
When I left Waxahachie Innocence
told me TO be sure to hunt up George
smith. and when Z got over there Z
was told that there were two George
Smiths OF course I didn't know
which was which and WsJ look the
nearest one to me when night came
When drove up. George was away
bur ! told his wife that Mr. Hudson
had told me of "a George Smith, had
said that de- was a fine man. etc.
didnt get any further. She said
THAT Us Mr. smith to bee sure. ne
is fine man and YOU viii say SO
too when YOU see him. Re came
ln iu "a short while and I agree with
his Wife and Mr. Hudson. George
Smith is ID fine man. He has a nice
place with AN the conveuienccs He
ls "a raiser OF Poland China hogs.
game chickens, and bronze turkeys.