The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-05
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the heat of battle we have said or
done anything calculated to wound
the feelings of any one. If we find
we have given offense suppose we go
to such and tell them we have been
indiscreet and crave their pardon. If
we find any one who are SO stubborn
as to refuse a reconciliation and to
go so far as to be insulting, let us
kick them until they crave our par
don and then let US shake hands and
be friendly. If any have given us Of
Tense let us pardon them whether
asked or not and all join hands and
go merrily on. No one has any
friends to lose and the most miser-
able of mortals is he who continual
ly broods over a real or fancied
wrong. | do not remember to have
purposely given any offense to any
one for | have refrained from dis
cussion on account of the idea that
one possessing strong or political
Influence" should use 1t sparingly.
Though l have one little confession
to make. | did on one or more oc-
casions enter into slight discussion
with fool and If it is DOT a proverb
that, he that enters into discussion
with a fool, the same is fool him.
self, it ought to be. These letters are
usually written on Sunday night but
it was thought best to be day earl
Ter for by tomorrow night all the
starch will be out of me.
The Fraternal Union is in the
midst of a revival at Waxahachie
Monday night l attended a very in
teresting meeting and witnessed the
initiation of twelve. There is moth
ing more important than that the
poor should carry some life insur-
ance, besides these orders teach a
spirit of fraternity in a manner we
not meet elsewhere. One of the
Farrar Bros. on Waxahachie No 5
was initiated and also got back on
my list. w. r. Ellison is farming on
the Mccartney place north of town.
Some of his cotton had to be planted
| over, J. A. Mccullough on the Pat
rick farm was busy turning the soil.
! The farmer invests seed, faith and
industry and the god of the harvest
and the rich soil does the rest.
Mrs. R. Stovall on the w. j.
Spencer farm said they had to have
the paper and Mr.. S. was in the field
and made good.
Wednesday was SO cold and in the
morning was SO wet | went home
where | met w. L. Morton on For
reston No. and enlisted. Thursday
| | did not do a thing but listen to
man by the name of Johnson who
was at that time candidate for del
egate to the democratic convention
at Denver. | am informed he was de-
| feated.
Friday | started for Howard and
| H. Dyhes a good farmer on Waxaha-
| chic No. and | got in the surrey
and rode with him nearly to How
the Howard merchant w |. Robin
son, is one of the oldest settlers.
! Mrs. Brookshire, was sor-
ry to learn was in bad health. p.
M. Wheatbly has the Light sent
to his daughter, Miss Edna, who has
| recently graduated as trained nurse
at st. Louis. He also showed me the
! telephone system of which ne is local
manager and part owner, Miss
! Dolous Taulbee who promised us
some letters from that place, and
A, j. Poulter who was planting cot
ton for neighbor whose cotton the
freeze had killed. On my way to
Nash | stopped at the residence of
Flaw Davenport to await the coming
| of one of the boys who had gone to
| town. He didn't return till late so |
| remained all night. Flaw is staying
close at home to watch his bees
Mrs. d. was not at home, be-
! ing at the residence of a daughter
where there is little stranger. | met
there trained rooster lobe Steph-
ems, black Langshang, named for
lobe Stephens, the Forreston bee
and chicken man. lobe was about SO
yards away when Flaw called him
| lobe, lobe and he came to him and
picked corn out of his hands After
getting all he cared to eat, FLAW said
talk to him lobe. lobe Topped his
wings and crowed several times. II
! you are having any doubts concern
| ing the truthfulness of this story ask
| Flaw.
At Nash l induced Luther Marks
to agree 10 write for the paper. He
is an experienced correspondent and
expect some good letters from him.
At Forreston Saturday l voted,
presided over the convention and
took sub from w. A. Trull on For
reston No, !. Monday morning j. w.
Mccoy farmer, brick mason and
good citizen on Forreston / renewed
c. E. Calvin on Waxahachie No.
2 was blowing his garden. Tuesday
took dinner with Mr.. and Mrs ].
B. Brown and made the acquaintance
OF the l9 months old twins, Lois and
Lola. Thursday | met Jacob Presley
a good farmer and hog fancer from
Forreston country.
Flay Davenport told me his sons
wife, Mrs. p. F. Davenport had 500
young chicks and that they had 400.
These are the record broken so far
as | have seen.
At the train this morning | met
Mrs. Claude Alexander. her infant.
and Miss Tex Alexander of Caddo
Mills, Hunt county, who have been
visiting Mr.. AS parents, Mr. and
Mrs. j. E. Pannell at Forreston.
Corn is beginning to look green
again, but some of it | fear is per-
manently injured and in low places
| believe the frost killed some of it.
Oats look better than they have for
several years. | have not been in the
wheat belt lately so cannot report
conditions. Most OF the cotton has
been to Ulant over hut II ic to no