The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-10-31
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Last OK | Sptht Two HdlS Ill inc
Grove Creek and Rocket country.
On the pike a few miles north of
Waxahachie | saw {. A Stephenson
who was busy sowing wheat. He is
All uE-to-date farmer and manages
to r.Iant plenty of feed to run him
from year to year. He sends the
Enterprise to his father-in-la", J. ).
Brooks, at Hampshire, Tenn. and
gave mo a renewal for another year.
next stopped by to see my friend
i. I. Derden on the Simmons farm
and he ordered the Daily Light sent
TO his home for year. Mr.. Derden
has a fine lot of pigs to make his
meat for next year, besides some
nice, lat hogs he Will Kill this win
Ter. also noticed several big tur-
Key gobblers at his place that no
doubt Will play an important part on
Thanksgiving and Christmas
next stopped at the Malcolm
nome where / met Miss Malcolm.
who said continue the Daily Light.
BY this time the noon hour was
close and l managed to stop just
in time to get another one OF those
good dinners at my cousins. Mrs.
Anna Thomas.
From Mrs. Thomas | headed for
Rocket. stopping by Tom Aliens,
where met his fine wife and little
boy. From here | next enjoyed the
company of Ed Hosford. He is
level headed fellow aud true DEM
ocrat.
My next stop was at W J. Sea
giles home, near Rocket, which
took me by George Smith, :, whom
saw resting under the shade of the
fine forest trees at his home. |
found Mrs. Slaele busy making
dresses for her little girl, who
would soon start to school.
About FIVE 0 clock landed al
Rocket, where ! spent the night
with ], l.. Duncan, who is & kins-
man by marriage He owns a gen
eral merchandise store at Rocket
and despite the strenuous times is
doing a good business. His resi-
dence is il pretty fye-room bunga-
low and the gemcnts are very
| RR-l rArIi9 l.
~ received and the good wife pre-
pared a splendid supper and break
fast. She not only is a splendid cook
but is neat i'll her homework. She
could not be otherwise, being Il
daughter of Mrs. J, II. Kemble Of
Sterrett While at this home /
noticed hanging in frame on the
wall an appropriate verse, which, ii
practiced by everyone would materi-
ally drive away the "srouehy
times hear so often now. 1t read
as follows:
The thing that goes The farthest
Toward making life worth while,
That costs the least and does the
most
Is just a pleasant smile.
The next morning drove ont on
Palmer. route ., from Rocket, first
stopping long enough to enroll a,
D. Winningham name on the En-
terprise. He Was picking cotton for
Mr.. Crisis, who works at the Rocket
gin. Then / drove down the cotton
rows to j, T. Blake's. He is the
sweet potato man and raises the
famous yellow yam sweet potatoes.
This year he planted only ten acres.
but he will get about one thousand
bushels. besides four or five hun
dred bushels Of seed potatoes, He
sells his potatoes at soc and 15c
per bushel and has no trouble i'll dis
posing of them at this price. He has
he latest implements for placing
cutting the vines and a potato dig
ger. He contemplate planting
about fifty acres to potatoes next
year He said he had made seven
ty-iive bales of cotton and sold
twenty to date, but did not have
any money until he went to digging
potatoes and now he had money by
tho hatsfull. Others may we'll profit
by pursuing the tactics of this sue
cessful farmer Diversifying the
crops and making the cotton crop IA
surplus money crop is the snrest
winner
After Mr.. Blake had given me a
bushel of his famous potatoes | went
my way rejoicing and next stopped