The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-20
lie | was sick all the afternoon.

PIE l was SICK ali lHe afternoon.
Mr., Barnes, the popular teacher at
Red Oak. was busy in the store but
promised me some letters. ] found
w. w. Briley and family at the back
of the farm picking cotton. After a
pleasant chat | went away feeling
richer. j. Ham Jackson has been in
Texas all of his life, has a good
farm, plenty of stock. some nice hogs
fattening and seems as well content
ed AS mortals usually are. | spent a
pleasant night with him and family.
ID. W. Curry | found in the cotton
patch and | thought he was about
the SmOothest tempered fellow
had met when he failed to get mad
when | told him his cotton was fine
but | learned later il was Toms cot
ton. Dave and Tom, though are both
jolly fellows and Dave showed me a
young bird dog with more sense than
some people. Mr.. and Mrs J. r. Hick-
man were in the cotton patch. These
young people were lately married
and from the way they go at work /
am sure they will succeed. | took
Mrs. Hickman sister, Miss Prices,
sack and picked few pounds of cot
ton, got dollar and passed on down
to Guy Alexander, whom | met driv-
ing out with his 39th bale of cotton.
T. e. Mitchell was gone to Fort
Worth but Mrs. NJ, Miss Maude and
and the boys were there, so was a
good dinner. | took part of the din
ner away. Mrs. Mitchell had me send
the paper to l. j. Anderson at Taft,
Tenn. ID. c. Curry was in the cotton
patch. The fact is about all that can
be said now is that they are all in
the cotton patch, w. w. Bailey was
firing for the Lone Elm gin. He
handed me a dollar. b. F. Brewer
had me send the paper to Robert
Mincey at Corinth, Miss. Back to
Waxahachie for the night, next
morning ] started Ovillaward. Out a
piece | was overtaken by S. A. Shull
on Waxahachie No. 2. | got a ride
fof piece and renewal for the
paper and the News. r. Stovall was
gone to Midlothian with cotton. J..
A. Mccullough after load OF wood
and Nj. j. Delk to Waxahachie. Re-
Stunning my journey | was overtaken
by VIII Malcolm who hauled me on
to Oviila where | met j. A. Conner
prominent cotton buyer of Red
Oak and booked him for the Light.
Mr.. h. A. Gordon. a member of the
Lancaster family, has been in Ellis
county Sd years and has probably
read the Enterprise from the first of
its existence. Spending two or three
hours at Ovilla and passing on down
to Red Oak ! met E. d. Donohoe
coming from WaXahachie. He had
sold four bales OF cotton for $3.50
and shipped bale OF long stable.
l caught Jim Davis at work thresh-
ing out load of corn. Jim is corn
raiser. B. c. Cargill was at the house
and renewed. ID. j. Smith was dig
ging potatoes and wondering what
to do with them. J. A. Marsh, good
farmer / met at Red Oak and renew
ed him. Meeting my old friend and
schoolmate, E. NJ. Conger, ! wonder
ed at his unusual ight-heartedness
and was soon informed that he had
been married about two weeks to
Miss Ethel Lee Owens, worthy
young lady of the community. | also
learned last week that j. d. Carroll,
late of Waxahachie 3, but now a
business man, had cap
tured as q matrimonial prize Miss
Mae, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
3. w. Wallace, near Maypearl.
Having rested my team and lodged
myself, | sailed forth Saturday
morning. The first one met was l..
F. Parsons. an old and respected
citizen OF Red Oak. j. N. Lowrance
had the dwelling house on
ais farm burned and is living at Red
Oak while rebuilding. He will get
he paper on No. 2. Hopping the
rain for Waxahachie, | met l.. B.
Alexander of Waxahachie Z. He had
IN his good clothes and looked SO
handsome hardly knew him. He told
ne the ladies in his community said
was the ugliest man they ever saw.
!. B. Brown from Waxahachie 2 was
n town with some fine Duroc Jersey
'igs. One of the Whitefield brothers
IN FOrreston 1, l think 1t was John,
lad the Light renewed. ], T. Davis,
N Waxahachie No. renewed his al |
egiance to the Enterprise. j. G.
3rasher, one of Waxahachiec oldest |
md best citizens. gave me a dollar
md his address. $50 East Marvin
venue. At Forreston this morning,
T. b. Newton, prominent druggist |
4 Forreston, the flrst man to get ON |
ny list the 14th of October, 1907, is !
low the last name. The first shall |
% last and the last shall be first"
met w. B. Willard, one OF our old |
itiSens. He strayed OF to Hunt |
ounty, but has returned and now
Ives In Waxahachie. | met A. L.