The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-03

land. The remainder OF the soil 81
;as county not herein before de-
scribcd Is a sticky blaca dirt and
With proper cultural methods would
doubtless produce many kinds q
cross Cotton requires less thought
and preparation OF coil than any
other crop. consequently IL IS the
leading crop % the county and ay-
crages probably something like two
hundred pounds OF lint cotton per
acre. The real value OF the best
land IL from $4,000 to s60.c0 per
acre. the money value OF the crops
II produces considered. but owing
TO campaign OF land speculation
begun about twenty years ago and
developed TO the full capacity Of
many as intelligent price boosters as
ever infested any country all deeds
to Ellis county's best black lands
lrecite a consideration OF from $l0e
10 $40 per acre. A later chapter
viii probaly give an account OF what
IL being done toward soil conser-
walton. improved cultural methods.
crop liberalization and the rearing
and fattening of food producing
animals.
When man begins to strut like
pouter pigeon and talk about
mans superiority over woman II
his wife will induce him to hang
Ia family washing on the line she
uses and with no more clothes pins
that she uses, he will be humbled
until he forgets the incident.
r. Y. witherspoon of Red Oak !
VAS here last Monday and renewed
with me. ID. G.. Gray of Sardis, 70
years old but bright eyed and live
lly as cricket. was down Monday
to order the Enterprise. %. M. It'd
we'll from waxahachie r got back in
to the family. Mr.. and Mrs. II. A.
McAlpin from near Plainyiew school
house were shopping Monday.
Tuesday at Red Oak found Wall
ter Rice at his old stand and pre-
pared and willing to pay over his
uuarterage. A. w. Powers Of Mid
lothian 2 got off an interurban car
and started for home In his wagon.
Mrs. Cox was at Red Oak also and
as we started for the station John
| Cornwell and Bob Counts took us
IN their auto and we were soon
| home.
Wednesday Rev. L. A. Herrin was
going to Midlothian. | got In with
| him and was safely deposited in
| front OF Dee Kinks. | caught j. n.
Alaup at the overt act of chopping
cotton and he seemed to be inter-
ested in his job. At the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. l.. Harris | had a
very pleasant soeiable chat and de-
voured one OF those good dinners
| for which the Ellis county house
wives are justly so noted. NJ. p,
Dogwell, who moved from near For
reston to Midlothian 4, was busy
In his crop. Six or seven years ago
he came to the Forreston country
without any means aud now lives
On his own place. He says economy
and industry are responsible for his
changed conditions. r. X. Duvall
was plowing his cotton and from
| tho way everything was moving |
am sure he will be to an easy place
Ia short time. H. M. Mahany was
fighting weeds with a hoe and was
making good progress. j. Duvan
was blowing and seemed to be max
ing good speed. He has a consid-
cradle acreage in grain and says il
he lis lucky with Ii he will get right
next to easy street AT the home
of MIR. and Mrs. G. w. Jenkins
spent the night and enjoyed their
hospitality very much. George is
living within few hundred yards
|of where he was born 5S years ago
the 18th OF last February. but l
will have more to say of the Jen-
kins as the history of the county
progresses. Mrs. ID H. Russell was
working in the garden bat quit and
wont 10 the house to get me dol
lar. found Mrs. Nancy Pearson
IN nice new house III Midlothian.
but she said il was not like the old
home on the farm. Carey Wilson
returned Thursday from Mineral
Wells where he had been with his
father. C. C. Wilson, who stopped
or al Fort Worth to visit another
son and go fishing Carey made
fhe "trip from Mineral wells to Wax
aaaehlc IN 2 hours aud made the
last part ~ Il wiih him. On my
Nas toNagd Red Oak Mr a.. n Bar
tsa4 saf farstfr- ana d. "a .Is..r a.. AS