The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-16
nlLFIN IN THE FIELD
Observations Made by Enterprise Mis-
si0asry on His Weekly Round.

Isn't this unusual weather for the
time of the year? No use to say
never saw the like before for / have,
but this warm weather is out OF the
ordinary. | put in a solid weeks
work last week, and the way the sub
scribers are coming in is satisfac
tory with us. 4 good county paper
tells us about the people we know
and they are our only friends after
all. The man in Kalamazoo or the
woman in Kissimee don't concern
as, SO why spend time reading
about them anyway? | am living like
a king now on ribs, backbone and
sausage have snapped horses
again and / now have high-headed
fellow who only touches the road in
nigh places. He will eat though. and
has already learned to stop at every
house and with every body he meets
This time ] go to Ray, Howard,
Maloney and Rankin. Fine folks out
there and they treat me fine for now,
] know the most of them. Kay or
Reagor Springs is to build com
pany gin this year. Most of the stock
is owned by farmers of the commun-
ity The gin will be an eight-stand
plant and the capital $12, GOO. Rufe
Feds of Boyce is at the head of the
enterprise and if he succeeds as well
as he has with the gin at Boyce, and
ne will, they will be successful. Ray
has no switch yet. but they hope to
get one Brown Bros. do a general
merchandise business there. They
are from Kentucky and are men
who are easy to get acquainted with.
They are enterprising and encourage
everything that tends to the upbuild-
ing of their town J. w. Bland does
a good business there too and he al
,yays has a pleasant word for me and
INV paper. 4 p. Turner does
blacksmith business. have known
him and his wife. Grandma, as We
call her. ever since ! have been IN
Ellis county and | love them III ten
vo,f how she took me down once. Sh"
is "A hard-shell Baptist and ! am a
Methodist. / drove up to her gate one
dav and when she came TO the door
SAYS. Grandma. | just came by to
tell YOU that the 'hardshells had
zone To seed " well, suppose they
nave" she says that beats the
Methodists. for they never even
Dloomed I drove on. Jim Wheat has
"a shop there too and is always ham
mering iron when I am there. lie Is
a good talk.r and has his own con
.ietions ou public men aud politics.
!. \ Henderson lives there and paid
me for my paper aud said ~ was
GOOD one Thank YOU, lin kay has
good public school and the peopi"
arag on their teacher a good school
. about the best thing IS community
IAN have. aud Rsg is most fortunate
lu that particular
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