The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-10
MOUNTAIN PEAK.

Mountain Peak, Texas, Nov. To-
Cotton picking, the leading farming
business now, is progressing we'll,
many farmers being about done
picking. The weather has been very
favorable and hands have been plen-
tiful, hence the ginners report more
cotton being ginned at this season
than usual, and the consequent low
ering of prices which caused i, the
farmers to lose thousands of dollars
which went into the hands Of the
cotton gamblers.
Carl Riddle will leave for Arizona
soon to make his future home.
Peter Curry and wife, accompan-
led by Miss Goodson was at Nam
moth Springs Sunday evening
R. H. Freeman and family visited
w. j. Free Sunday.
R. T. Burk and family of Fort
Worth are visiting W. J. Free ana
family.
W. T. Alexander, j. E. Warren
and T. c.. Meredith were at Dallas
Sunday, the last day of the fair. The
writer was one of the number There
was estimated to be over rs thous-
and people inside the fair grounds
Sunday. Automobile racing was the
principal attraction Sunday. Quite
number of machines took, part in the
racing, which was on the race track
One machine in rounding curve
flew the track, ran through the
fence, Gripping the chauffeur, and
severely injuring "a .negrot who was
sitting on the fence, and finally took
up inside the tent of the Panhandle
agricultural exhibit, a., smashing,
mammoth watermelon TO the great
delight of the small boy. From what
the writer saw and heard, the fair
was success 81 ~ .-,,
Our college building has been
nicely painted and well repaired and
school will commence Monday with
Prof. J. D. King as principal. n
The following parties from Waxa-
hachie were at Mammoth Springs
Saturday: T., F. Thompson, Mrs. T.
F. Thompson and daughter, Dollie
Mae, Hon. Jack Beall, Mrs. Jack,
Beall and son, Ted, j. w. Singleton.
Mrs. J. w. Singleton and daughter.
Reba, and Mrs. John McManus I'm
Gle Frank Sargent was also one of
the number They all enjoyed them
selves well. The writer was glad to
be present and hear some interesting
ideas expressed on different sub
jects
The election here was very quiet
not much interest being shown.
There was light vote polled. Sc
about one-half it's voting strength.
Bryan received So votes. Taft one
and the socialist and prohibition
candidates one or two.
John Haggard, rural mail carrier
on route 6, Midlothian, had the mis-,
fortune to lose his horse Saturday,
en- route.
The reason why some correspond
ents' items seem to be out of order
is caused from the fact that the
items are noted down as they occur
and in the hurry and push of bust
ness they have not the time to trans
cribe
We neglected in our last items to
announce the arrival Of a new girl
at the home Of Clifford Burrow.
Also the marriage Of Herman Fin
ley to Miss Rassie Rotten.
Mrs. Henry Edwards died Tues
day, after a long illness and was In
tered Wednesday at Mountain Peak
cemetery. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Hightower of
the Methodist church, of which
Mrs. Edwards had been a devoted
member from childhood. Mrs. Ed
wards was formerly Miss Ganaway
snd had been married but a short
While. A large number of Borrowing
relatives and sympathetic friends at
tended her funeral. Her grave was
covered with beautiful floral offer
ings.
The writer has always believed
that if the government would only
pass laws to protect life, liberty and
property, and then stop, that our
governmental, affairs would not be
getting into the depiorable state OF
affairs that every thoughtful citi-
zen is boand to admit is the case