The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-13

getting pretty good. Taking passage
for Venus ! found Dr. W VI Shytles
at one time our health officer at
home, he handed me a dollar and
told me that he and a number OF
other Venus men mad bought $4,000
acres OF land in Andrews and Gains
counties. 80 miles north of Midland.
At one OF the local banks some of the
products were on exhibition. Corn
was fair as | ever saw. one stalk hav-
ing four small ears on it, and Kaf-
fir and Maize as fine as could be. |
was told that as high as bale of
cotton was being made per acre and
corn 80 bushels. At the restaurant
of 5. l.. Moore, who is a regular sub
scriber | got a good dinner and plac-
ed j. j. Whitaker. an old Ellis
countian, and n. A. Howle on my
list. Mrs. NJ. f. kincaid on Venus |
was absent from home, but her
daughter got the cash for me. She
said the Enterprise was almost in
dlspensible at their home ID. A
/ Flatt was in the field but Mrs F.
ordered the paper. She said Mr. Flat
only expected about 10 bales of cot
ton from 80 acres. j. J Stafford was
picking cotton, he said his cotton
was no good. Night found me at the
residence of w. C. Harvey. near Wy
att. | met with Judge C. p. Hos
kins of Milford. From thence
| back to Venus on Route and down
| the road to Griffith Switch On the
way | called on the family of G. b.
Turner. Mr.. Turner is cripple and
! Mrs. Turner is an invalid, having
been confined to her bed for about
| two years, but they seemed cheerful
more so than many people who have
no cares of any account. From what
| | have noticed conclude that happi-
ness and contentment are more from
within us than the result of sur
rounding conditions. At Griffith I
found l., f. Eskridge. the merchant,
ticket agent and cotton buyer. busy.
He told me he had bought 10 bales
of cotton this season or about half
the output of the gin Cotton is late
in the community and the ginning
season has just gotten good start.
| Wyatt Griffith was at the gin and
invited me to dinner with him. 1t
is needless to tell you whether | ac-
cepted or not. Mr.. Griffith has a
good farm, well improved and he and
|
guest noticed fine flock of sheep,
plenty of stock windmill and
everything handy. Back at the
Switch | met Will Mills who gave me
some money to apply on subscrip-
ton. When | was at Griffith in the
summer saw a notice that there
would be meeting to discuss the
building of school house and when
| got there Friday the house was
there and ready for school 1t is a
good one and l should think plenty
large. j. l.. Burley was picking cot
ton and said his cotton was very
| good. His little son, Thomas, who
weighs only 20 pounds picks over
800 pounds of colt per day.
j. M. Brown was also b the cotton
patch on Venus ], b kenewed and
Mrs. S. F. Medley whom l met there
gave me a dollar for the paper. Mrs.
Medley was bereaved last winter by
the death of her husband but she
has taken up the battle of life and
is fighting bravely and will win if
she has heart. One woman is worth
about men. On my way to Noun
tain Peak, just as | was about to
climb the mountain, Mrs. Edwards
of the peak came along driving a
fine horse to a buggy and | accepted
seat with her. AS usual l put up
at Mrs. Cooks boarding house. After
supper l went dit to H. N. Hills and
placed him on my list. Mrs. Sallie
Darby of Cabool, Mo-, step daugh
ter of Mrs. Cook, had just gone home
from visit to her. They had not
met before in "a years. BY the way,
l have failed to mention it before,
Mrs. Cooks mother and Alexander
Campbell were cousins. Saturday
! morning starting out for Waxaha-
chic, the first on my visiting list was
II. L. White on Midlothian 6. He
told me he had colt show at Mid
lothian a few days before at which
j. P. Bellview's mule colt and Mr..
Meador's horse colt got the premium
His horse, Slasher. beautiful
saddler, weighing 1900 pounds and
his jack of the Spanish breed are
about as good as you will generally
| find and that dollar he gave me was
as much appreciated as any r ever
| got.
! Starting down the road to Waxa
hachie | had only gone about three
miles when J. B., Burrow came along
In buggy and took me in at the old
Jones gin stand. He stopped at the
new store and got us some cigars
and we acted like town folks. Ar
irving at Waxahachie about 10
O'Clock. j. NJ. Martin on Waxahachie
had me send the paper to his
daughter, Mrs. Carrie Buckner. at
Snyder, Texas. J. P. Williams, Jr..
an enterprising farmer on Italy 81
was in town and got right with the
paper. Bateman Clark from Ennis
Is, finding his time. would soon be
out gave me dollar. J. A. Robinson
from Waxahachie was doing bu1t7
ness in Waxahachie and while IN
paid his subscription. Prof. j. d..
Coghlan, superintendent of the Mid
lothian schools, was In Waxahachie
with Mrs. Coghlan. While there he
called on the Enterprise agent and
paid for another year. r. c., Rhoden
| from Waxahachie handed me the
| price and ordered the paper w. N.
Shumate from Waxahachie Z tells
me he will move to Texarkana soon
to join his, son who is In business