The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-02-11

will rise up and bless the name OF
Tolstoi and all because he sacrificed
selfish ambition for the common
veal There have been few charac-
tiers such as the three | have men
toned known to history and why
cannot tell unless it be that nature
is fitful sluggard and only does
her best occasionally. | have SO
many personals this week that | fear
my sermon has been rather long but
! got interested in it and wish
could have given it more time.
Mr.. Mills was in from Midlothian
and renewed for his son, A. n.
Mills, last Monday My old Grove
Creek friend, NJ S. Goforth who
now lives at Lancaster was down
paying taxes on his Ellis county real
| ty. j H Brooks, one of the best read
and closest thinking men in Ellis
county, was in from the farm on
| Waxahachie |. E. H. Goodloe said
the Enterprise was no account but
| he gave me a dollar for it. | never
care what they say so they pay. j. r.
| Duff, an old time Ellis countian,
| from Lancaster /, brought load o.
cotton TO town and took back a new
suit of clothes and subscription to
the Enterprise. Rev. ]. S. Elliott, the
popular superintendent, or some
| thing, any how he is boss of the Bap-
fist orphanage at Waxahachie, is now
reader of my sermons. n. &.
Gould gave me a subscription for his
son, Luther G, at Vernon, Texas. DR..
| Cornwell of Bee Greek had me send
the Enterprise to Mrs. G. on Milford
l. Tuesday ] met B. NJ. Campbell
from Midlothian g. w. R. Wilson,
who recently sold his farm near Red
Oak for 1925 per acre, has bought
500 acres in Collin county and lives
at Plano. If that land will produce
he will get his share for he has the
reputation of being good farmer
]. A. Ferguson of Venus | was in
town and handed me a dollar ]. NJ.
Maulden from Milford / was in Wax
ahachie on the last tax paying day.
Edwin b. Clark, an old boyhood
friend of mine. | do not mean to say
he is old, but that our friendship IS
mellowing like old brandy, was in
town and was about to mail me 4
letter stating he would take the En-
terprise and News if I would have
the labels placed on the margin in
stead of the reading matter. | haa
not thought much about it but such
is a nuisance, Wednesday | mounted
B. B. and started for Boyce. In the
edge of town | found Matilda Marks
Just recovering from an attack Of
illness. Near Ike | found that B. b
Jackson and Miss Edith. daughter of
Mrs. Lottie Brown. had married Sun
day These are worthy young people
and have settled down to housekeep
ing and farming At Boyce | learned
that loafers were so scarce that they
had been found to send to the coun-
try to get a man to complete a forty
two crew L. Smith and Mr.. Allen
| believe from Dallas, had recently
opened a blacksmith business and
seemed to be starting off all right.
C. F. Wideman gave me a dollar and
Mrs w. gave me one OF those din
ners which are always to be had al
her hospitable board. Ray Kelley !
through his father to SEND /
in the Boyce items. Out up the .
road | found J F. Thomas listing
land Back to Boyce and down to
the home of Mrs Dahnke; ! found |
her and daughter at home and Char
lie in with q load of water and went
to the field Back to Boyce and out /.
to the home of Mn. and Mrs. Kin !