The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-16

Al Wilson has lived oa 1fosr
Greek a long sine and has ss~n Old
Ellis county Develop. The Grove
creek school hous. In near his place
and vas built In isTe The lumber
~aA haus~si from The southern part
OF the state and would have been
ss.sa A. The tim. for $50 a thousand
n. named several nf hts old time
teachers, some os whom have since
attained considerable prosninsne. tn
different walks os life Judge ] +
Smith Of For, Worth and DF- Bar
nett of Midlothian used To Instruct
the yonsh out there. and their last
teacher was W X Rudolph, n prom
ipent Young business man Of cur
city. Mr. Wilson In proud of Ella
county and aha; she has accomplish
ed. and An | sat with him on his
front gallery and had him point out
large trees that bs had planted With
his own hand. ! wondered II anoih-
or half century would bring such
prosperity az the last. Lee Wilson Is
close neighsor and / stopped Their.
for drink He was busy fixing
fence and everything around his
place looked mighty nice. | got my
dinner with ", r. Stoyall who lives
close TO Red Oak He has Texas
White Wonder" cotton seed for sale
and am sure II tx quite an improve
mcnt over the old varieties. 1t Is
small leafed short jointed cotton and
last year he had in nine acres OF II
and made eight bales.
Red Oak is one Of our best towns,
because she is full OF good people
and good people make good town.
Her school and churches, bank, lum-
Der ward. business houses and shops
are her pride Lyon Bros, DR.. Ma
han, Andrews, Hardee Harrison.
Haskins. Judge Eagle, Goodbar.
Rice and the handsome, dashing,
slashing Reginald Wilson always
make things pleasant for me when
| go to Red Oak "Col. Hooks OF Red
Oak" with a dimple In his cheek
and a twinkle In his eye. | asked him
point blank why he had never mar
ried. He took me to his room and al
ter preliminary and we had clear
ed our threats he said, Il love the
women, all OF them, to distraction;
I always have and never could tell
| which one | loved the best. could
not marry all OF them, 80 to treat
them all fair, | have never married
We had another preliminary and
| got in my buggy and went out to see
Dud Jones. Mrs. Jones came to the
! door and | asked her II they took the
| Enterprise "No,' she says, 'and we
don't want it," | started to fall out
of my buggy, but she says. we
take the Daily Light That revived
me and | came away happy Due
Jones is a great fellow and is loya
to his friends, and has more friends
than most any body l know OF.
:; J. r. Ham went out to Runnel
county a few months ago and bough
. some land. He has been offered
Z nice profit on his investment, bt
: saws he will keep his land and ma
move to it later on. A. J. Dyer an
4
ted with him quite pleasantly 10
awhile, then went up to see W. I
Hinkle who once sold out here an
went to South Texas for his health
He is now back with us and says n
will be good from now on. q. r. Nor
ris, new conner, took my paper 10
the first time The birds and crows
had pulled up his corn till they hae
destroyed his stand and he was re-
planting. Mrs. M. c. Hinkle took my
paper again. She said her children
were all married and gone. Her
Youngest son had married few
weeks before and had gone to Cali
| fornia. She has nice farm and
manages it we'll
W. p. Sullivan lives near town
and has improved his place till it is
| one of the prettiest OF all the subur-
ban homes | know He has a new
cottage of the modern type, fine
young orchard, alfalfa all around,
new fences, and he is satisfied. He
works because he loves his farm
and Is healthy and cheerful and is
a man one loves to know. Mrs. Ham
mer lives close and says she loves
The Enterprise and always enjoys
its visits. | found the Mckennons,
! the Gibsons, and many more of our
standbys out there and all busy az
work. C. f. Calvin took year off
| in Oklahoma but is now back and
| has pitched his tent with MS again
and Is In for a big crop If II rains.
/ j. j lsom looked happy and ! am
I glad to get him on my list.
/ J. r. Brown used 90 live in NaNa-
I hachie where he worked at the car
pcuteTs' trade. hut he is now ON his
farm and SAYS be- thinks he will
stay there. for he ls well fixed. | ate
dinner with him, aud his wife is as
pleasant as he is aud their twin baby
Girls are just alike and the pride of