The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-08
OLD SHILOH IN HISTORY
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OFslls have fine citizenship. and
theS pride themselves on that fact
The sheriff seldom aas any business
thcrn except % summons Iurvuen
Tor the regular terms OF our courts
The road out that way Is an unusual
~ good one. and as | go cautering
along stop to get f. Hopper on my
list He xas getting ready to take
HIS cousin, J T Hopper, Of Boaz.
Alaba ma, To the train Tie is a
Methodist preacher and returns to
his home after having held meetings
at sardis, oak Branch. and Dry
Branch J. W. Martin Is boss" of
the Patrick farm found him on
horseback riding over the place look
ing after his business. He was a
busy man and I'll bet he Is onto his
job j. d. Lloyd is the mainstay Of
his widowed mother and her smaller
children. He is fine looking Young
fellow and III tell you. his mother
loves him and dotes on him. He has
a fine crop. He was plowing up
johnson grass while / was there
This Johnson grass pest is getting to
be a problem in our county. | know
of many fine black acres that 1t has
taken, and If something isn't done it
will take many more.
Chap Carroll, "all wool and yard
wide one of the best men that ever
came down the pike. stayed a
night with him and had fried chicken
for supper, and breakfast, too, and
pure goose-hair to sleep on. Nothing
short about Chap but his girth and
that Is not SO short either He has
a fine farm, some of the finest colts,
I counted s horses, mules and colts
in his lott, Jersey cattle, fat sheep,
300 frying-siZe chickens, and a good
wife who treats his friends royalty
Before ! left next morning he says:
When are you going to Britton?"
/ told him I'd get up there in a week
or two. "Well,' he said, In my re-
cent race for commissioner, | got one
vote there. | want you to find out
who the man was and tell him that
/ say he shall never want for clothes
as long as mine will fit him" |
laughed. but Chap didn't--he meant
it.
Next morning | met j. V. Vinson
at Mr.. Cavender's. He subscribed,
said he had to, to be in the swim
\. A. Lindop sent the paper to a rel
alive, J J. Hobson, at Breckenridge.
He loves old Ellis county and wants
his kinfolks to know of his surround
ings. Mrs. NJ. F. Bennett, an old sub
scriber, told me to keep her paper
coming. r. f. Pope had sick ones in
his home, but gave me a nice talk
| and a dollar for my paper. He
thinks we will come out O. k. yet
with the cotton crop. j. r. Bethe
| fed me this day He was helping MI
| Goodbar build a house. He has
friendly turn and will make lastin
! friends. NJ. w Payne has mic
home and everything about his plac
looks well kept. Mrs. Galbraith wa
there and was giving them some
music on photograph stayed
with lHlS DIedSdHl company IOI QuIte
while and had jolly time with
them. | found w. e. Gist in his hay.
He wanted to hire me. / hired, but
told him | would report for duty later.
Mrs. A NJ Bracken had visitors, but
| went out to where her sons were
tearing down an old house and found
them to be polite manly fellows. They
take our paper always and brag on
it, too.
r. A Conner was just back from
West Virginia. where he had been on
a visit He says the mineral wealth
OF that state has been developed to
a great extent in the last few years.
Mr.. Conner has bees and his snow
white honey Just melts in your
mouth. One Of his grown sons has
Just got his diploma from the Poly
technic college He is quite a pleas
ant man and, lrishman like, will joke
YOU for the sake of the wit of his
race am Irish. too, and love the
Shamrock and believe in St Patrick
as well J ] West has a son who
was Just recovering from long spell
OF the fever Tie was just able 10
stand and was greatly emaoiated
from his long Illness. Sam White is
as fine a Young man as YOU can lind
/ 20 20 see him always and he Is the
same pleasant man every time. lie
and Mr. koe@ee were harvesting sorg-
hum They had quite "a lot of to and
% is fine feed K J Roberts says
l- his family increases he cnlarses
MS hous, BE mas new baby. $50
has rut GA another room. He gave
100, bits pumpkin aud sunday We
had pumpkin pi, w. B. Whitehead
D. touus ma8 just started found
him ploWiue 400 Johnson -ra-s. hut
Pa. slii tt va. "a Ipb ta 5000 30 this kind
af a Er4.
r. miller lives HHta from 'h"
road aulr. a distance. but 3 went to
his uI.f. So seems well fixed