The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-07-18
QUEEN or The PLAIN.
fesAsesf Iowa IN EMS County Noted for
It's Progressive Citizenship.

pishih' W tHSe, lalfeSt ana youngest
one | turn again | love thee for
thy purity. for thy thrift ana for thy
adamautine grit. On last Monday I
turned my steps toward the Youngest
of the villages of dear old Ellis
county Maypearl is u miles south
west OF Waxahachie and was TWO
years old May Il. Such progress
as she has made | never saw. The
town has never known a boom, but
her growth has been a solid one, for
almost all of the people own their
own homes,
Before ] got there I met many of
the bone and sinew of our county.
o, B Sparks was plowing some young
corn and fl was fine He called il
Runners White" and said he pre-
ferred it to the Mexican June corn.
His father d. b Sparks. is a Grip
pie, caused from rheumatism !
stopped and had q pleasant chat with
him. He is a Confederate veteran
and God bless him for that. / al
ways feel like taking off my hat TO
an old Confederate, for [ know they
have seen blood and heard the whiz
of bullets" and didn't run either
B. F. Forester. Jr. had gang
of negroes and was Wadiug into Gen.
Green. He was cleaning CUT his
crop in a hurry and before this is
printed he will he ready for the big
meetings J. !. Beardens time was
up, but like everybody else he said.
Sure, / cant locomote without the
Enterprise" c. w GolIady was
storing alfalfa in his big barn. |
wish ! had a barn full of it too As
soon as he saw ME he reached for his
dollar. No trouble to trade with him.
he is from Virginia and knows what
he wants.
AS old Sol" descended TO the
western horizon. ! drew up at The
hospitable home of A. j McCarley
He is a man who is "all wool and a
yard wide. He is for his church
and his school and supports both. He
has fine farm and it we'll stocked
Some men raise mules, COWS. hogs.
etc. well, he does too, but he is al
so in the boy business. He has
eight boys and they love their par
ents and their home. Three of them.
Homer, Ray and Grady. took their
diplomas in my school there last
term. His widowed daughter lives
with him and his family is a happy
one. Here is to you, Mr.. McCarley,
and may your future years be the
happiest of all.
The next morning | drove into
Maypearl bright and early, but the
town was astir and the hum of bust
ness had begun. ! made for Godfrey
x Dowds store and Sebe Godfrey
was there as busy as ever. There is
nothing short about Sebe except the
measure around his waist and that is
but - inches. He used to live in
WaXahachie and no man here was
more fayOrably known than he. He
has been one of the school trustees
over there ever since the town start
ed. He is always reelected without
opposition. and when the town in
corporates. which il will have TO do
in a year or two, We are going 10 see
that Sebe is the first mayor, His
partner. Mr.. DOwd was sick and had
been for three weeks. but was up
and about Both came down with
a "plunk" apiece for the Enterprise.
Durham Il Hughes do a hardware
business over there and Mr. Hughes
said he was Well satisfied with their
business. Louis Eskridge clerks for
them and he is a good clerk. If |
had store I'd hire Louis to work
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