The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-26

4 = Wilson T~iis ~-sm~thing thoss'
Hs. Hcrs. IN tho N~1

Henrietta feN jsn ~ NJ eaf
left uAxAhscht. Oh FRIDAY. April II,
1905. in charge ~ rnY SOB In-la~. J
:. EtaYsi & sH= reupE.ss 20 that at
u p Cas~x Cuffy . car ~"at on 10
childFusa tie seat overland from
Chldrsna so FLOYD eoaats flof ada
Is his county scat ~. ~vi'~S us that
BE- has = fine country ! had bought
farm land sin miles northeast ~
Henrietta in February. 1905 Ne did
not Fsl possession Of The farm aBiii
October Is. last year Boyd aad I
had been Ia camp all the while about
sis KS turning the stwbbia. The en
tir. field having bean ao~n In wh"at
and oats Ne have forts Three aerts
sovm Ia "a hsa, WIN SON cats soon as
The land prepared in the early fall
on Saturday, December q. 1905 two
ne~ Ellis county families came,
John y Jones and G. NJ Noes-
Jones IS son OF BE old time
friend f r Jones, vino died some
wears ago yoss is mF suu|n.law
They bought land adjoining NE /
haze been very busy and not done
sci. building for them } am yell
pleased with ny new home There is
La large number of Ellis county peo-
pie settled iH our country Perhaps
/ viii not bee able 10 name them all.
There Is il - West Henry and Os-
ear. his sons. both married q r
Abbott EdmoHson and Choatthree
lie i'm fr.f
there rs j N West who formerly
lived on G. J. Inrris' farm in Ellis
county, with large family He
bought SEQ acres nine miles south
Of Henrietta The last time { saw
him he said ne would nak" 100 bales
of cotton Il r. West and his boys
said they would make ESQ 10 500
bales J. Minnick bought 500
acres eight miles north OF Henrietta
and has put considerable improve
ments on the place. Several of his
sons are here j w McCue has
nice farm seven miles southeast of
town Mr.. McCue lives in Henrietta
and is in the real estate business.
The firm is Corlett, TAYLOR 4 McCue.
Then there is George Rowe, w. p.
Arnold. joni Jenkins and one of his
brothers. Mr.. Tillman from Ellis
county is settled one and one-half
miles from me: Josh stevens of Red
Oak sold his farm near me to a gen
tIeman from Honey Grove. | feel like
sending the Enterprise my compE-
ments on the general makeup Of the
paper. assure YOU it is a welcome
visitor in our home with your stand
for the enforcement of all laws
alike. | came to Ellis county in jan
uary, 1871. The year | reached my
majority. | cast my first vote at Wax
ahachie in reconstruction times,
when the ballot box was guarded by
six federal soldiers and five of them
negroes | have with my papers now
, the old faded registration certificate
| that gave me my right of suffrage,
| signed Arvin Wright, register of vo-
ters: and then there comes the recol-
lection of the many very excellent
persons all over Ellis county and
more especially of my old Sardis com
munity who it was my pleasure to
know. and whose confidence in the
main | enjoy For thirty-five years
/ lived in Ellis county. Much has
| been my experience. 1t was in the old
| Sardis community that | wooed and
won the wife OF my youth thirty
one years the second day of last
month since she changed her name
! from Curry to Wilson. Her cares
! have been many; yet she is holding
on to the appearance of youth re-
markably we'll.
/ have all my family ont here eX-
cept Charles b, my son who married
the daughter of Frank Compton and
lives in your town. Then Dere is jess
sic, who married Joe Z. Noss. living
near my old home place in Ellis
| county. These are all except the two
who sleep in the silent city of the
dead. Edna Gertrude, the first born,
and Emma Wilma, both of precious
memory.
These people out here. some of
them call me old man Wilson
! don't feel like / am old vet my
J three little grand sons here and tho
little grand son and daughter there
I give ME q great deal of pleasure.
( I shall not expect "a time 20 come
| when / will entertain other than the
very tenderest feeling for the people
! OF Ellis county am very respectful