The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-07-23

; ems they nave, and then passed tC
! the home of S. +. May where | met
! his wife, and then on to G.. k. May :
! where | spent few pleasant mo.
ments. | next stopped at H. NJ
! kidd's. but he was busy hauling
grain. | met his excellent wife and
! children, however, and got some
| more good drinking water, | final
! ly met Mr.. Kirk at VIII Bryson $
/ whore they were threshing wheat
| The wheat looked good and would
make a very fair yield. from Mr.
Bryson's | next stopped at Oyilla
and made it convenient to see sew
erat of the citizens of the place and
get l. y. Curry's renewal to the En-
terprise and as luck was my way,
met c. A. Bell, the postman out of
Midlothian, who delivers mail on
route ,, and followed his trail clear
INTO Midlothian and stopped with
| him that night The first stop | made
ont of Ovilla was at J NJ Billings
ley's. who. in his happy and good
natured way gave me his renewal
to the Enterprise and invited me to
Stay for dinner. Here | met Mr..
Voorhees,, a son-in-law of Mr.. and
Mrs Billingsley's, who will soon re-
turn to Austin with his bride of
about three weeks, to finish his
course in the law department of the
University. | next tied my horse at
4, II. Johnson $, an old pioneer,
where ! was entertained a while by
he and his daughter. Miss Emma. |
then drove from here to h. p.
Nitchells. who lives in the Onward
community Mr.. Mitchell moved to
this county in 1874. He is ii pleas
ant old gentleman and has a way OF
making newspaper representative
feel at home. He owns considerable
land While here he gave me his
renewal to the paper. | next pulled
up at Mr.. McGourik, who owns a
fine farm in this section. | met his
wife and later met him on the road.
He gladly renewed his paper for one
year. | next stopped at s. l. BuX-
her daughter, Mrs. H, w Ford, and
Mrs. c. W. Buxton, a daughter-in-
law. | later saw Mr.. Buxton in
his cotton field and he renewed with
me for the Enterprise. He has son
living in WaXahachie and holds a
position as bookkeeper for Timmons
Lumber Go. | also stopped by to
visit w. J. Raines and met his ac-
complshed Wife and children. His
oldest girl, Miss Ncta, will soon fin
ish in music, and while here she
played a few select pieces on the
piano. Mrs. Raines treated me to
some nice peaches from their or
chard. While on my rounds out
here | saw the name of my friend,
w. J. Pollock. on his mail box and
maui liiIi ii sIitNiuf YAH, Dul Idiltu
to see him, but met his wife. who
gave me a drink of their splendid
water From here | passed by his
sons home and thence on toward
Midlothian. arriving there about
seven O'Clock in the afternoon
noted the condition of crops from
OvilIa to Midlothian and judge the
cotton, generally promising, but a
great deal of the corn is past re-
demption and if rain comes soon
considerable feed stuff will be made
The cotton is on an average with
other sections of the county | have
visited
On arriving at Midlothian | imme-
diately drove out to Mr. c. A. Bell
where | spent the night Mr. Bell
has been In the service of Uncle
Sam" for five years. carving The
mail on route 2, Midlothian. HIS
run is twenty-eight miles per day,
which he makes in time to get back
home. milk six cows, besides look
after the cultivation Of fifteen ecres
of cotton His son, o. D. helps
with the crop during vacation. lie
made seven bales of cotton last ytir.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell have nice home
In the best residence part of the city
and are happy. The reception he
and his excellent family gave me
was most cordial.
There is always something dong
at Midlothian l noticed several new
residences going up, among them Is
! very attractive one for Mrs. Mace !