The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-08-26
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| IN" pieBis gttea by the Ffaterua
Union of America al Mountain Peak
Saturday. vas one of th. most en-,
ioyahis affairs of the Kind ever pull,
ed off in this country Capt. j n
Bnrro~ was master OF ceremonies
and he gave all royal time
In the forenoon. Hon NJ Al.
dcrdlc. delivered III. address OF vel.
come. He allowed himself quite a
good deal OF latitude and told jokes.
became reminiscent. talked OF edu-
ra,ionai affairs made fun OF Jack
Beall. and. all In all. gave about as
| fine an address of welcome as YOU
/ scarcely ever hear We all enjoyed
his speech for We knew Jack would
| get even In the afternoon Then Hon
c. A. Pippin spoke for short time
and he was given good attention
for he Is an interesting speaker and
has splendid personality L. l..
Jeter OF Milford and George Smith
of Waxahachie then addressed the
crowd In short speeches which were
Georges maiden effort. II ii was, 1T
Will not be the last OF him. for he
covered himself with glory Jeter IL
an old hand at the business and his
tales of folklore were side splitting
Then came the dinner, and visions
of fried chicken, ham, pies, cakes,
salads, etc, haunt me still. Every
body was invited up and told to eat
till he busted" II he wanted to. We
ate, and We ate again, and finally
the visitors just had TO fight those
"Peakers" to keep them from stuff
fling the good things down them. At
| ter dinner a couple of hours were
| taken In renewing acquaintances and
in getting acquainted. The red lem
onade man and the banana man got
In their work now, for the youns
swains were there in ''bib and tuck
!. err and the lassiea all in white ius
smiled and he Invested hAs all.
- trememOer when Wan at q bArboc
= once and howl spent my money
my best girl for lemonade, etc, .
bought her a sack of red stick C
dy to take home with her. She 81
1t to another fellow before ahe
home and he came back by O
8 house and bIowed to me about q
candy his girl had given him. "
: had fight In the big road and whe
it was over there were two suits @
ruined clothes. He is married to tn
girl now and | am glad of it. for
didn't want her "nohow.
After dinner Hon. J. W Singleton
spoke for short while. His old-time
ueighbors greeted him heartily, for
| they still love Joe. as they call him.
/ Hon. Jack Beall then took the stand
and delivered an Grafton on trater-
Inalism He returned Mr. Alderdice S
rapier thrusts of fun and came so
near getting even that it would be
hard to tell the difference Their sal
! lies of wit at each other were the
most enjoyable part of ;he program.
| They are both favored sons OF Noun
1 tain Peak. Mr. Beali was raised
there and Mr.. Alderdice went there
/ in his early manhood They have all
WAYS been close friends aud TO see
( the two boys at their kiddish prauhs
with each other was indeed more cu-
I foyablg l0 ,heir oId-tiwe friends.
. Mr. B,ul spok, for au hour aud
dealt with futerualisu tu al iH
phases 40 the conclusion oI bits
speech. Uuple Alfred Forbes was
! called ro rb, stand and Ied ttr 1s-
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