The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-07-24
nlLfIN IN THE FIELD


{HAA AtfG NfH tAts H&A ANt pest corn
crop for ten years / saw one field
OF cotton on Village creek that waR
shoulder high. but only one As d
general thing cotton is late. but corn
is doing its best and viii give
big yield
y p. MIuton lives on the road TO
Ennis, close to r. Williams place
His wife took my paper then
drove mp 70 r. u. Smutheman's and
ate a good dinner He was at work
great deal OF H. There viii be pien-
ty OF feed next year and may be It
won't be SO high to q fellow like me
who has to buy. J Il, Brown lives
close To Ensign and | found him
putting the finishing touches on q
field Of cotton ! drove down to
Ensign and had pleasant chat with
Alex Champion. who Is one of the
most pleasant OF men and good
blacksmith as well Night found me
once more at the home OF W. ID.
Morrow His good wife and big
gentelmanly sons greeted me kindly,
and as they had some cold drinks on
tap We proceeded to drink TO the
health OF all good people.
Charles Hunter took my paper too,
to be in the swim with his neighbors.
II like him fine for he knows how to
greet a stranger, and we viii be
strangers no more to each other. NJ.
T. Thompson was blowing in a hurry
TO get through few more rows SO
he could go to the races at Ennis
He Is on our list now and If we don't
keep him we will know the reason
why, \. X. Vandygriff is an old
timer with us and we got him back
again. He was on a cultivator and
said he would celebrate the glorious
Fourth at work, There are several
of these Vandygriffs and they are
all good workers and well to do peo-
pie
Mrs. Evarts, who lives near Pleas
ant Ridge school house, was born
in Vermont, and lived there till she
was fourteen years of age, then she
moved to Wisconsin, from there to
from there to Nebraska,
and then to Texas, and she says Tex
as is the best of all She owns a
good farm and is we'll fixed up Her
son, VIII Evarts, lives with her, but
says he will marry when he gets old
enough, Another son Burt Evarts, |
lives close by and has a fine crop.
stayed a night with these good
people and they told me to come back
another time, and | shall. Mrs.
EVarts has a copy of the Alster
County (Va) Gazette printed in
1900, and it chronicles the death
of Washington. There is a piece of
poetry from a young lady on the life
of the illustrious sire, and some es-
tray sale notices. 1t is neatly print
ed and was a pretty good paper,
just 106 years old.
Leland has one store owned by J,
H. Carter, and physician, DR.. J.
T Carter | saw some of their citi-
zens among them being n. l.. Rey-
nolds, V. T. Swofford, J. T. Nc
Dowell, r. Y. Allen, T. r. Dodds and
others. Raymond Jackson fed me
for dinner. He is a young man but
is a hustler He has t05 acres in
cotton, and has some fine mules. He
is going to take a trip to New Mex
leo as soon as crops are laid by. He
has a brother out there who thinks
a great deal Of the country and he
is going to see it.
Tellico is a nice little town and
has a good school with a fine corps
of teachers There are several bust
ness houses and ! am told they do
good business e. Z. Gatlin has
drugs. J. l.. Powell has general mer-
chandise j NJ. German runs a shop,
and Dr.. W. L. Campbell practices
medicine there. j. II. owen rs a
nice farmer and his place Is always
/ well kept s. NJ Wood has "a good
crop. Abuer kirkpatrick has a gin
| there and u is a good looking plant.
I The Young folks had fish fry the
I Fourth and wound up with party
at j. a. Brucc's and they told me
they had a great time
CgsoyhFllI, is ln the center Ht $50.
Hrmia. therr being but foV Amcfl-
cans around thoTe. MI Hlehburg
.bae elof, .Ed John Houza shop
Those uUbsmIaus ara "a thrifty uropl,
aud save tHrIT earnings ana tuy
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