The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-29
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MOUNTAIN PEAK.

panied with rain, making things
rather disagreeable in the way OF
oul of door work, Cotton picking on
the mountain is progressing welli and
the .tprn-out reported moderate and
Quhlity good but In the valley 1t is
not under fun Roadway yet, nor will
be for some time yet except in ia
vored plaaNS, Farmers in the valley
still report their crops greatly dam
aged by boil worms, and the writer
has seen enough to verify their
statements.
The writer has been asked to state
through the Enterprise that there
will be = colt show at Midlothian the
first Saturday In October and every
1917 ..S'rx = '4T1>ss u .ass- .re.t -, ~
This request was made too late to
appear in our fast letter, bit viii be
soon enough in this.
j. T. Daily has bought the farm
of r ~ G. Wilson, nesv: Qck and Mr.,
Wilson expects to move west. 1t is
said that $65 per acre was the price
paid. -
The writer heard that l.. o, Moore
of Midlothian was a partner with
Mr., paiiy IN the trade ''
| Farmers hauling their produce to
naayAct fNb the yoads IN q. deNlorehle
icoaa!t,oN. There Is Nlenty ~ MATER
/ ial near the roads here to put them
in good condition, as the white
rocks in The way of many farmers,
make tho finest grading mat erial,
The writer has noticed the roads in
bad shape and this material plent.-
full ON each side.
r, II Hollabaugh has secured the
school at Newton's Branch, near
Midlothian, for the coming season.
Bob Is now engaged in the cotton
fields and is one of our own hustling
young men,
J. T, 5rumley has bought p nice
organ for the use of his daughters.
WIT Whitworth of Hardin county
Tenn, and son are visiting Mr., Sam
Bromley at present and perhaps have
comeata, stay. Mr., Whitworth is Mrs
Bromfey's father,
| AhS NiAtNi hSN HOp. s4OoNN iWShNy
cats and still they continue to in
crease. 1t seems that his neighbors
have found ont that he is of gener.
GUS .nat.pr g., and. .fnrp'sh-,him all .theil
surplus cats, or place them where he
sure gets them, Any one needing
cats please call around.
In reading arcient Roman histor,
the reader cannot but be interested
In the life of Cincinnatus, the states
uen-phtlosopher and farmer, His
tory informs us that he lived on
little farm which he cultivated will
his own hands, and when the politi
Clans at Rope would get the govern
mental affSirs so tangled up tina
they could not unravel them the,
,.ssasAsSA v~as.s sss.,, Sctrp ASA uiA, caya
and straKhten things out, and whei
he would leave home he would tel
his good wife that he reckoned hi
little farm would have to 60 untend
ed this year, but when he had ad
jisa.A >pa,aA sI.,ssa>, aeex.s AtA.,
hasten back to the quietude of hi
little farm. There Ia no doubt In tn,
writer's mind that many Cincinnati
uses are needed in this, our day ant
time. That practical business mel
are needed in our legislative halls
both state and rational, can hardl.
be DISPUTED ..,,..... ,.f
II "A sQ1- ~ Sor1a- % wealth. aS ~
fience, brought up In schools an,
IcolleS& and graduated " law per
haps, and then With Others. i
placed IN charge OF the business In
terests 'of a great people and t,
mako laws to govern them. but lack
ing In a general or practical knowl
edge Of the foundation principles O
good government. A government
can heu9ly be properly !, conducte,
wititeut Ms varied interests are rep
resented by those practically quail
fed to understand their business
Farmers understand their INTEREST,"
best, lawyers theirs, doctors theirs
and so on through the entire list o
callings or professions, the majorit,
rafssTevaiiing There AA~san be see,
that the farmers being in the ma jor
ity,, and being engaged In !. business
on which rests the entire fabric O
government, should have a prepon
derarmg Influence In the law-mak
ing cOunsels of the nation,
~. r. Tucker has mNHed his famil.
to Dallas, and Is now keeping
bach and winding up his business
Mrs. John Forbes vinited Mrs. ]
r. Tucker on the eve OF their de
parture for Dallas.
Mr. Bruce, an aged citizen OF Fan
min county, Is visiting his daughter
Mrs. Startling Alexander at present
LONE ELM.