The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-11

ground, IS won by player, he reach
es for it, pats his finger on it and
draws it to him. The other fellow
wins it back and goes through the
same process and so on from player
TO player and from game to game I'M
til it is badly worn.
Hardie Harrison of Red Oak said
his brother in Eastern Texas used to
hire his geese to neighboring farmers
for twenty-five cents per day per
dozen to clean crab grass out of their
cotton. He said a dozen geese were
equal 10 hoe hand.
Not long ago | wrote to several of
our out of the county subscribers to
write me short letters and here are
what | have received:
Stamford. Texas, Dec. 2, 1909
MIR Cox. Dear Sir: | will send my
dollar for the Enterprise I do not
want to miss it. Now for the short
letter you ask | suppose you want
my experience for the past three
years for farming. l think Ellis
cant be beat although there's some
good country in the west. Crops this
year are very short, had plenty of
rain but not at the proper time. Hav-
ing considerable rain just now, which
will help a great deal in making the
next crop. H. A. GOBLE.
Mr.. Goble is an Ellis countian who
many of our readers will be glad to
hear from him.
Chillicothe, Texas, Dec. 3, 1909
Rev" Bill Cox, Dear Sir and
Friend: Enclosed find postoffice
money order for $100eso you can
keep the Enterprise coming. Never
could write for publication so decline
with thanks (But it is published just
the same.-Ed.)
Wishing you success, l am yours
very truly, ED MEHARG.
He is a son of Joe Meharg and
went west to try his fortune two
years ago
Austin, Texas, Nov. 80, 1909
Mr., Bill Cox, Dear Sir; Enclosed
please find the dollar Please change
the address of the Enterprise to
Mrs j. NJ. Meredith corner Avenue F
and Fourth street, Hyde Park. 1t
now comes to me and l forget to take
it home and it gets too worn for me.
am a little surprised at some of
the prospective candidates for office
you mention in your letter. l would
like to be there to help some Of them
and help snow some under. Give my
kind regards to all inquiring friends.
Youls truly,
J. NJ. MEREDITH.
I would not have told what Jim
said about showing some of them un-
der but | know he would not care
as he would not mind telling them
himself if it came handy. | presume
we will have other letters from alb
sent ones, and | may have them pub
lished separately from my letter. l
put these here because you nearly all
read what Bill Cox says
j. n. Brandon, big jolly, good
natured, good farmer on Forreston
!, sends the Enterprise to his son,
Oscar, at Wilmoth, Okla. | found j.
NJ Ward on Forreston listing land.
He said there was a new girl at his
house and he must be at work. A. P.
LoWery on WaXahachie 6, is superin-
tending scraper and grade crew on
the road. job nHunt has recently
bought the hotel at Forreston where
when the hungry are fed and the
sleepy given bed. (This is poetry.)
At Italy | met and renewed j. S.
Griffis and F. M. Owens. A. d. Nc
Cartney has been a citizen of this
community | suppose as long as he
has been a citizen and | never heard
Of Dan attending to any body's bust
ness but his own.
p. f. Montgomery has gone to
Tennessee, Pulaski postoffice, to visit
awhile.
r. V. p. Sweat had me send the
paper to ]. w. Sweat, his son, at
Ada, Okla, and has gone up there
himself. j. w. Williams, colored on
Forreston 2, has joined my reading
class. II. NJ. Clark on Maypearl l,
was out hunting but Mrs. c. Joined
my reading class. Albert Dowd, the
good natured hustling grocer and
cotton buyer and a member of the
firm of Godfrey & Co., came up with
the cash. B. f. Walker was at May
pearl and renewed for his brother,
r. L. Walker at Flintville, Tenn. j.
o. Dawson was at Maypearl. He had
recently returned from a hunt and
fish in southern Texas. He killed two
deer, caught plenty of fish and had
a good time generally.
On the way to Waxahachie Friday
| visited the home of Mr.. and Mrs.