The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-11
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At WaXahachie last Monday | met
w. M. Stroud, an extensive land
holder of Ellis county, and who NOV
ed to town few years ago to get
the benefit of the schools. l told him
his time was out and he very cheer
fully planked down a dollar. l.. c.
Faulkner has recently sold his farm
near Sterrett and purchased a sec
ton of land in Haskell county,
though he has not decided yet
whether he will move to it or not.
l.. e, Marshall of Hawley, Jones
county, was in Waxahachie and had
the Enterprise sent to him.
Tuesday morning l boarded the T.
& B. V. for Bardwell where l found
two gins doing a fairly good bust
ness for the early season. After la
boring with the brethren few hours
and drinking ice water with my old
friend, J. w. Render at the Citizens
Lumber Yard, | meandered even to
the residence of j. ". Stovall who
has spent a good part of his days in
that community. He, his mother and
his children compose the family on
IA nice form. His mother is visiting
out west and Grandma Caudle is
staying with them. l spent the night
with the family. found G. P Gerron
at home on Ennis No. 5. Mr.. Gerron
handed me dollar and entered into
a conversation with a tenant while
Mrs. Gerron and | discussed the
chicken question. She has some of
the finest Rhode Island Reds l have
ever seen. From hens she raised
1926 young chickens. Sold settings
of eggs for $500 and $500 worth
of hens. She also has some fine Dor
the Dallas fair. She has tried almost
all breeds of chickens and is a good
authority. She can judge chicken
on points as an expert. She is selling
some fine cockerels. Rambling over
the Clark and Mizell farms during
the forenoon and got dinner with j.
P. Pilgrim, on Bardwell l. There l
also met w. M. Mcclellan, a good
friend of the Enterprise. / found MIN
well informed and an interesting
talker. Crossing over Waxahachie
creek and fighting mosquitoes in the
bottoms | found R. L. Hodge and
wife on Bardwell /, sitting out on
the front porch. Mr.. Hodge had just
returned from Commerce, where he
had placed one of his sons in Prof
Mayo's private school. He was en-
| thusiastic over the prospects. 1t was
nearly night, but l pretended to be
going further, but everything looked
so inviting that l was not hard to
persuade to spend the night. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hodge are the parents of IL
children, most of whom are at home
| There are seven of the family mem
bers of the Fraternal Union of Am
| erica. Mr.. Hodge says he draws
check for $1,000 monthly for F. U.
of A. dues. l want to know if anoth-
er family can do that we'll. l spent
this family. At the Byron gin l met
l.. T. Sinclair, one of our good
| friends. Up the road west of Byron
l found S. B. Matheny in a cotton
patch and put him down for a sub
at Omaha, Texas. My next lucky
man was Tom Whatley, who was
breaking stubble the old way with
two mules and walking pillow. You
know that kind of blowing looks
good to an old timer and / believe
these riding plows are making a
good many hump-shouldered boys.
Starting on, Mrs. Whatley, Sr.,
called me as l passed through the
yard and had> send the Enterprise
to her daughter: Mrs. Jettie Rob
bins at Pensacola, Fla. Mr.. Whatley
and his two sons take two or three
papers apiece and being all near
they exchange and have plenty OF
reading matter. On the way to Ran
kin ! met Deputy Sheriff Tom Duke
good officer but is not afraid of
work. At Bardwell l got a small can
of salmon from N. C. Goodwin for
ttlner and then smoked one of his
cigars at his expense. / have always
liked those Goodwin boys and that
cigar did not make me think any
less of him. P. L. Goodwin is now at
Rule. Has bought land. I was sorry
to learn that N. B. Rankin was very
feeble. Joe Barker, a native of the
Rankin community, is local manager
for the Italy Cotton Oil company
gin. He spent several years at Bloom
Ing Grove, but is back at the cd
home and will now read the Enter
prise. At Avalon S. A. Fleeman and
M. G. Swafford, both good farmers
Of the community, joined the band. !
took supper with Mrs. NJ. A. Glad |
den, whose children l tried to teach /,
in Sommerville county in 1885. l do /,
not mean that / tried because they
were dull but because l never con-
sidered myself great success as
teacher Friday morning at the resi-
dence of ]. ]. Riddle on Italy 2, Mrs. !
R. handed me dollar and l went !