The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-03-02

dress him.
Tuesday at Forreston ! ate dinner
with Or. and Mrs w r. Saunders,
iThev report that their SON, VIII is
doing we'll in the practice of law at
Waco. He is a smart boy and his
friends expect to hear from him.
Mrs. ]. e. Rogers on Forreston /
land G w. Hawkins, Forreston q,
, got on my list and J. T, Woodland
renewed. | found H. G. Bradford
, on Forreston taking out grubs.
He enlisted with us. W. 5. White
anu family l found at home on
Forreston and placed them where
I reioiced to see them. VIII Hooks,
col. was turning the soil in prepa-
ration for the 1912 crop and he
turned me some coin. ]. D. Elliot
was at the back of the field flat
breaking with foot burner. He said
Lit was getting a little old to him.
w A. Conner was at work in the
bottom but Mrs. G. gave me subs for
1.-The Enterprise and Dallas News.
When at Avalon two weeks ago J..
In Giles told me when | had no
where else 10 go to visit him so
4 Tuesday evening I did not look for
anyone else but stopped and spent
1.-THE night with him and Mrs. q. We
had plenty that was good to eat and
a fine chat. w. s. McGinnis, who
merchandised at Avalon several
years old out last January and
Joined the back to the farm move
ment. / found him building fence,
| clearing out the branch and making
| things look generally homelike. G.
H Youngblood was in the timber
where he was having some wood cut.
Mrs. Youngblood looked after the
subscription business. The children
were not very well but | hope they
are well by this time. Down on the
old Aston farm I met Jim Butts and
". Fl. Hayes. ! suppose something
must have happened to cause me to
remember meeting them. AS I
passed through the yard of r. G.
and Mrs. Owen he came out and told
me about dinner and in some way
conveyed to me the recollection that
it was contrary to my principles to
miss meal I stopped and met the
family Mrs, Sarah Stephens, Mrs.
Owens mother, lives with the. She
was born in Jackson county. Ga,
July II, 1919, and will therefore be
SO years of age next July. She can
walk without support of any one but
~ "A
ably impaired. She says as long as
she could see to read she got alon8
very well but since she neither sees
nor hears Well it seems that she has
gone into solitude and that her mind
almost deserts her at times. Her
thoughts wander back to the long
lago and she frequently discovers
herself living over the days of her
active youth. She has four living
4 children ranging in age from 50 Il
: S. years. | came near saying Mrs
$ Owen was next to the youngest bu
i she does not look so old and posi-
|, bly, would not like for me to tel
e her age.
w. A. Lyon. z. T. Owen and 9th
ers were clearing up some new
.
| for dollar | went hence Over In
| the forks of the creek found 0. e.
Allison butchering a pig. l enrolled
him and A. Riley, col On my way
up to Lone Cedar I met v. ~ Rob-t
inson. J. NJ Smith was gone to
Lone Cedar but I met him and re-
newed him for another year. Just
as night began to throw her sable
veil over the b1ushing face of moth
CIR earth | came to the domicile OF
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. N. Priddy at Lone
Cedar where although not exactly
a stranger they took me in, Mr.. P.
is the merchant of the place and
seems to do a good business.
Mrs. q. S. Springer on Frost has
been an invalid since last fall but |
is some better. Mr. S. was blowing |
Joab Hendricks was gone to Waxa-
hachie. AT the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. J F. Page 1 came in contact
with good dinner. In nowise daun-
ted / rushed to the attack and came
off none the worse. Mrs. Bob Hen
bricks, their daughter, was visiting
them. On the way to Avalon I
found f. L. Southland digging his
well deeper. He gave me subscrip-
tons for himself and his father, F.
/ F. Southland of Highgate Mo /
found G, c. Southland sitting looking
at a fine lot of wood He will now
4 get the Enterprise. Soon after leay-
( ing him T, B. McWhirter by previous
appointment took me up After
/ pleasant ride of 16 miles we landed
at Waxahachie. lobe told me their
son Luther was doing well at the
State university. He is a smart boy
and his friends expect results from
him.
Saturday morning T. J Byrum of
Midlothian was the first to give
me lift j, L. Keller from Waxaha-
chic 4 was here Saturday. w C.
Kelley married last summer and is