The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-10
FROM THE FIELD.

ION Red OAK erected house for both
school and church purposes, the
|place being called Liberty church. At
the time it was erect ed. it was one of
the largest church and school build
ings in the county, excepting the old
Shiloh church, probably the largest.
Many men now in middle life and
4 even beginning to glide down toward
j the bottom Of the hill were taught
lfeading, 'rithmetic and 'riting at old
Liberty. People used to go for miles
in wagons and on horse back to the
tprotracted meetings, very few bug
gies being used then. The best SER
monsI have ever heard were by the
tRevs. VIM. Price and John s. Davis
as pastors of the Methodist church.
In the summer time after crops were
laid by the honest tillers of the soil
would spend q few days attending
1.-THE protracted meetings. There was
general rejoicing among both saint
and sinners when it became known
that soul was born into the king
|dom. Those honest sons and daugh-
tiers of toll had that kind of religion
that maketh us not ashamed Many
twere the glad hallelujahs that ascen-
ueu uedNeu WdIu lIO1ll Tie SOOu Olu
mothers in Israel when their cups of
joy were full to Overlooking. The old
settlers were the Orrs, the Douglas
fses, Russell, Grates, Grandpa Rock
lett, who has been dead forty years,
1.-THE Honorable Henry Address, Sam
!uel Farrar, John and Joe Bell. Thos.
Wicker, Simeon Farrar, and probably
Iothers. Writing from memory ! am
liable to forget some of them. To
have known such communities
icauses one to more fully understand
and appreciate Longfellow's descrip-
ltion of the Acadian village. This was
the old Liberty community. A few
]years ago the ever rushing, rumbling
wheels of progress ran over old Lib
erty. Stores, blacksmith shop, a gin,
! a more modern church edifice, fine
residences, scramble for wealth, a
larger school building, lodges, rural
iroutes and all the attendant improve
ments of our modern civilization
sprang up and with them passed
Iaway the old school and church
thouse, the name of Liberty and in
honor OF the family by that name the
Ivillage was called Rocket, located
on the bank of Red Oak creek. The
people bare prosperous, enterprfsing
and / hope happy. AS an evidence
that they are intelligent, most OF
: them are readers of the Waxahachie
!, Enterprise. Among the old settlers
I SUPPOSE l should have mentioned
John &c Gibbons, who was once
county surveyor of Ellis county. He
is now living out west and is over sc
years of age. His sons, Luther and
Bud, are still in the community.
have been requested to write VI
Rocket There is much more tina
could be said but as l have mucl
more to say l must economize space
Il J. M. Alsup on Midlothian | wa.
, the first to get on the honor roll las
Monday. He is good farmer ant
usually keeps we'll informed concern
ing public matters, r. K. Milton from
Midlothian 3, being informed his
thine was up, very cheerfully pro
duced the coin. I have known Dick
since he was a small boy but do MOI
! remember to have ever seen him
frown.
Lin Powell was in from the farm
. on Red Oak and / put his figures
uHCdu. ~. NJ. oouIA, q lOtiA GU lul ACA
and one of our old settlers, had the
paper continue its visit to 427 North
Rogers street, Waxahachie. John r
Smith of boarding house fame I'd
| newed for 207 West Franklin street
| Waxahachie.
Tuesday morning went home tc
vote r. g.. Sims a citizen of Ellis
county for about SO years, was one
of the election judges and gave mf
a dollar when / went to vote. G. w
Mahane was in from the farm and
, freneRed. F. NJ Mckinney cultivates
4 a part Of D. B. Billiards farm, lives
on the summit Of Billiard Heights
and reads the Enterprise. / met J
NJ. Newcomb in the cotton patch moi
one hundred yards from where l col
lected his subscription last year. j
III b, simmons ons Forreston wat
! starting to the gin with bale of cot
ton. j. W. Simmons was grabbing
{ cotton Their cotton is tolerably
good H. j. Osborne was repairing 9
wagon bed. His cotton is good. M. ]
Johnson had about dozen helping
him pick cotton. w. l.. Burton had
gone to Waxahachie but l stopped
4 Will lilo ldlu1Iy anu nav
ing spent a whole day at home was
hungry. That friend chicken
pie and two-story custard were fine.
e. A. Black was gone to Waxahachie
but Mrs. Black gave me the price OF
renewal. l.. V. Ferguson was in the
cotton patch. He had me send the
News and Enterprise to his father.
FTP V.~Ferguson, at Dermott, Ark. T.
H. Underwood from Milford ! was at
Boz and got on my list. J. l.. Wood
all on Waxahachie was hauling seed
from the Boz gin to Waxahachie. The
Boz gin has ginned over 1000 bales.
spent the night with B. F. Forces
ter, wife and daughter. Mr.. Forester
Is an old citizen, a good farmer and
has one of the few whiterock Chin
neys still standing in the country. j.
E. Dawson was In the cotton patch.
John enjoys life. He and some others
are planning for a hunt in Southern
Texas He said 81 acres, / believe it
is on his place, will make rs bales
of cotton. H. Simmons was picking
FfcoWDn. He said his crop was good.