The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-14

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O. dey not long sines I offered
- oeke subscription from . man
VIE told ne Ne was reading state
papef from which he obtained AL
the news he cared for. In reply to
ny sueEeation that the doinss Of
John smith In the next neighbor-
hood Was probably as interesting
~ the doings Of John d. Rockefel-
her. he said John was too near 70
him to interest him. Before left
he called my attention to nne
drove Of turkeys. Remaining that
there were about seventy-tive OF
them. When ne pointed them out
to me undeutood him to mean
that he expected me to publish the
fact that he had one OF the finest
droves OF turkeys In the county. all
OF which l am doing. hut because Of
the fact that he did not give ME his
initials am failing to give his
name. He does not care anything
about what is going on In his own
county and among his own neigh
bors hut would like for the world
to know OF his progress in world.
tackled another fellow for sub
IscriptisE. After leering me down
with rather a lofty air he tried 10
call my attention to his pigs which
he said were very fire. I was in
teresied in getting away from him
and to reach the next man and fall
ed to notice whether his pigs we're
prize winners or razor backs.
Those fellows we're Just alike. both
'fnEI OF selfishness aud conceai who
cared nothing for other people but
anxious for the public to know that
they we're still doing business at
their old stands. | met another fell
low who told me he had all the pa
peers he could read. / asked him
what he was getting, he said The
Sovereign Visitor and Comfort.
There was nothing the matter with
him but pure old fashioned dense
ignorance and when he said n- had
ali he could read presume he told
the truth. Doubtless he believes
the constitution, bylaws and ritual
of the Woodmen of the World con-
tain the whole plan of salvation.
When his wife reads the love stor-
les found in Comfort he probably
believes every word OF them, but
no man could make him believe the
world is round instead of flat. The
people of Ellis county are as good, |
the world produces but these three
fellows | have mentioned are not |
quite all of their kinds within the |
county boundaries. We should feel |
thankful, however. that conditions |
are constantly improving. Elmer
Glenn set the date OF the subscrip- /!
ton of his father, c. p. Glen, of !
Veto. Ala, last Monday. j. W. Sim |
mons from the Anderson Ranch got !
the blue ribbon on mis- seeded cane |
syrup at the corn show. G. b. |
Smith OF Midlothian ] was in from !
his home Monday. j. w. Elliott |
from Blooming Grove reported good |
cotton for the season and said he
would gather fifteen hundred bush
els of corn from twenty acres of
is some corn. Tuesday as soon as
got the washing done | went 10 |
town and started out not knowing |
where 10 go. NJ. j Johnson of Ray |
came along on a freight wagon and |
went with him to his home town. |
J. A. Davis Is conducting cotton |
yard business at Ray but what lin
gers III my memory most is that |
good dinner Mrs. Davis gave me. |
Mr. and Mrs. Davis have educated |
their children and now both. (. son |
and daughter. are doing we'll At
the gin | found all busy and run
ming smoothly L. B. Alexander and
daughter OF Waxahachie were al
Howard and invited me to go nome
with them but | drove selim and
Beck on over TO Nash where W. ". |
Beatty Of the firm OF Beatty and Russ
healed my lacerated feelings At
home OF Mr. aud Mrs. G. G. Martin
hung up for the night George had
10 90 10 the gin but his father,
Mrs. Martin and the boys were there
and We passed away the time very
pleasantly. The Nash gin was run
ming day and night Wednesday
Il met j w. Hopkins from Italy 2
ia the road He told me he would
produce shout fTe hundred gallons
Iof hoaeg aud oae thousand SALONS
of syrup this year. Pretty good for
ana man besides no farms I fouYd