The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-04
nlLFIN ON HIS ROUNDS
VIa,fa Substantial friehds and wss
Handled With Care.

This trip | went 10 Golfers cba,a
and Howard ! went by to see "
p Clark who spent las, year back IN
tennessee, bat that country is tor
tame for a man like he Is ne Is !
worker but wants his work Ia bring
returns and that In hurry toe ue
has big crop Ia apple pie trim and
III bet the dollars Jingle n ~
pocket this fail
X Smith is man who spent %
years Of his life teaching the vopnr
idea how to shoot His personal
"reminiscences would make Interesting
reading. He spent four years Of his
young manhood in the Confederate
army and saw service In her hardest
battles Mr. Smith has taught some
OF the men who are now leaders In
our county and state. Hon. Jack
Beal, Ptof. Coghlan, and Prof !
Henry Phillips are some of his punils
and he is proud of them. His son
Hon. j. C. Smith. was formerly a
county judge of this county but is
now q prominent lawyer of Fort
Worth. / ate dinner with Mr.. smith
and his good wife, and when I left
MT. Smith says, Stay all night and
| wish ! could have done so He
has served his county in peace as
well as in war and is an honored man.
] found a lot of our subscribers
who stand by us all the time and to
whom we feel grateful in a thousand
ways, among them were A. X. Smith.
Richmond Garrett, Bud Gam. Leon
ard Carroll, Lee Heine, and the West
Bros, one of whom | used to know
at the gin at Rocket. w. f. Roth
rock with his little grandson, l found
away at the back Of his field and he
gave me a dollar. | also found the
Netherlands and their brother-in-law.
Elliott, all of whom have fine farms,
6ood houses, and big crops.
Tom Jackson has a big white house
and big barn too and nighted with
him. His two sons, General and
Roy, played checkers, then we all
took pull at finch and you ought
to have seen me clean them up(?)
Mr. Jackson is money maker,
makes lot Of it buying and selling
lana. He says he would sell out now
If he could get his price His sons
are very popular with some folks
over there, from the phone calls
they git till near on to midnight
Next mOning | went up to see p.
NJ. Wheatley just to know him. He
talk. His daughter. Miss Edna. is
Il student in medical college in
st. Louis, and will finish in two
more years. The young lady is am
bilious and her father is giving her
the best of opportunities. j. Henry
Miller who used to own the Shake
rag" gin and a gin at Ray says, Here
is fifty cents, let her come. He
says he thinks he is out of the gin
business forever and a day. but III
bet he buys another gin in less than
a year. | saw F. NJ. Clark, Hobson,
Slocum, Renfrow, G.. A. French, and
F. T. Hudnall whose daughter keeps
house for him. H is justly proud Of
of his daughter as every father
should be, says his land is paid for
and to please his children he took
the Enterprise. | saw Mr.. Wheatley
at work in his garcen and he told me
to call when / came his way. |
went TO l.. b. Alexander's for dinner,
his wife was away but he soon had
a good meal which We ate with a
vim
j. L. Byrum has nice place and
| stopped there and looked at his
hogs He has year old pig that
will weigh 400 pounds, the finest
hog Of his age | ever saw. He has
buff leghoru chickens and says they
are the best OF all. MIR. Byrum has
a store at Howard and does a nice
business. MI Buie rs In business
there too and ponds for US but
not $50 often as We should Ike. ! met
the Or jenkins and found them both
popular men with their people and
doing we'll Mt WheaJIey has 20
shop and doe. great de3l of work.
S.. Cos Wu- fh. iast mau Saw
tha. day Hg subscribed and as BE-
looked su much like rain ] pulled Tor
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